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EMBOLIC PROTECTION DEVICE

  • US 20070233181A1
  • Filed: 06/13/2007
  • Published: 10/04/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/07/1997
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An embolic protection filter comprising:

  • a filter body having an inlet end and an outlet end, the inlet end of the filter body having one or more inlet openings sized to allow blood and embolic material enter the filter body, the outlet end of the filter body having a plurality of outlet openings sized to allow through passage of blood but to retain undesired embolic material within the filter body; and

    a filter support being movable between a collapsed position for movement through the vascular system and an extended outwardly projecting position to support the filter body in the expanded position;

    in the extended outwardly projecting position, the filter body being configured to make tubular contact with an interior wall of a vasculature.

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