DELIVERY AND RETRIEVAL MANIFOLD FOR A DISTAL PROTECTION FILTER

• US 20080091229A1
• Filed: 12/14/2007
• Published: 04/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. (Boston Scientific Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. (Boston Scientific Corporation)
• Inventors: Deyette, Thomas, Diamond, Scott, Van Diver, Mark, Wadleigh, Glenn, Houde, Eric, Hart, Colin
• Granted Patent: US 7,722,638 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 606/194
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/0105 Open ended, i.e. legs gathered only at one side
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/011 Instruments for their placement or removal
• 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 2230/0093 Umbrella-shaped, e.g. mushroom-shaped

Abstract

Devices and methods for delivery or retrieval of a distal protection device. A distal protection assembly may comprise an outer sheath, an inner shaft disposed within a lumen of the outer sheath, a distal protection device disposed at a distal end of the inner shaft; and a manifold coupled to a proximal end of the outer sheath that is adapted for moving the outer sheath relative to the inner shaft.

Claims

1. A distal protection assembly, comprising,

an outer sheath having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending therethrough;

an inner shaft disposed within the lumen, the inner shaft having a proximal end and a distal end;

a distal protection device disposed at the distal end of the inner shaft;

a manifold coupled to the proximal end of the inner shaft, the manifold including an actuator assembly; and

the actuator assembly coupled to the proximal end of the outer sheath and capable of moving the outer sheath relative to the inner shaft.