Disc shaped filter

• US 20050267517A1
• Filed: 07/19/2005
• Published: 12/01/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. (Boston Scientific Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. (Boston Scientific Corporation)
• Inventors: Ungs, Mark T.
• Application Number:
  US11/184,644
• Publication Number:
  US 20050267517A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 606/200
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/0108 Both ends closed, i.e. legs gathered at both ends
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/018 made from tubes or sheets of material, e.g. by etching or laser-cutting
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2230/0006 circular
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2230/0067 conical
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2230/0078 hyperboloidal

Abstract

Distal protection filter and method of using the same. A distal protection filter may be coupled to an elongate shaft. The filter includes a filter material coupled to a filter frame. The shape of the filter may be generally cylindrical or disc shaped. The filter material may capture embolic debris generated during an intravascular intervention.

Claims

1. An intravascular filter apparatus, comprising:

an elongate shaft having a distal end;

a generally cylindrical filter coupled to the shaft near the distal end, the filter having a length and a diameter; and

wherein the diameter of the filter is larger than the length.