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Embolic containment system with asymmetric frictional control

  • US 20050131450A1
  • Filed: 12/15/2003
  • Published: 06/16/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for treating a vascular condition, the system comprising:

  • a hollow guidewire;

    a core wire inserted through the hollow guidewire, the core wire including a tapered undulating section carried within the hollow guidewire; and

    an embolic containment device coupled between a distal end of the hollow guidewire and a distal end of the core wire, wherein the tapered undulating section of the core wire provides frictional control of the embolic containment device based on a direction of axial translation within the hollow guidewire.

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