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METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FILTERING BODY FLUID

  • US 20080065147A1
  • Filed: 11/14/2007
  • Published: 03/13/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/08/1994
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device for filtering fluid flowing through a lumen defined by the wall of an anatomical structure comprising:

  • a guidewire; and

    a filter element carried on the guidewire, the filter element having proximal and distal ends and being expandable from a collapsed configuration when the filter element is restrained to an expanded configuration when the filter element is unrestrained, the filter element having a shape in the expanded configuration which defines a cavity having a proximally facing opening, the guidewire extending to at least the distal end of the filter element.

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