CONVERTIBLE EMBOLIC PROTECTION DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE
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1. An embolic protection device for removing emboli from a blood vessel in a patient'"'"'s body, comprising:
- a mesh element being expandable from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration;
an elongate tubular element having a proximal end having a proximal opening, a distal end having a distal opening, and a lumen between the proximal and distal openings, the lumen having a diameter large enough to slideably accommodate a standard guidewire; and
an elongate shaft having no lumen, the elongate shaft being attached to the proximal end of the elongate tubular element,the mesh element being disposed on the elongate tubular element.
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Abstract
An embolic protection device for removing emboli from a blood vessel in a patient'"'"'s body. The device comprises a mesh element being expandable from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration and an elongate tubular element having a proximal opening, a distal opening, and a lumen between the proximal and distal openings. The lumen has a diameter large enough to slideably accommodate a standard guidewire. The mesh element is disposed on the elongate tubular element.
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1. An embolic protection device for removing emboli from a blood vessel in a patient'"'"'s body, comprising:
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a mesh element being expandable from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration; an elongate tubular element having a proximal end having a proximal opening, a distal end having a distal opening, and a lumen between the proximal and distal openings, the lumen having a diameter large enough to slideably accommodate a standard guidewire; and an elongate shaft having no lumen, the elongate shaft being attached to the proximal end of the elongate tubular element, the mesh element being disposed on the elongate tubular element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. An embolic protection device for removing emboli from a blood vessel in a patient'"'"'s body, comprising:
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a mesh element being expandable from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration; and an elongate tubular element having a proximal end having a proximal opening, a distal end having a distal opening, and a lumen between the proximal and distal openings, the lumen having a diameter large enough to slideably accommodate a standard guidewire, the mesh element being disposed on the elongate tubular element and the mesh element being rotatable relative to the elongate tubular element when the mesh element is in the expanded configuration, and no portion of the mesh element being in a fixed position relative to the elongate tubular member. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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63. An embolic protection device for removing emboli from a blood vessel in a patient'"'"'s body, comprising:
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a mesh element being expandable from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration; a first elongate tubular element having a proximal end having a proximal opening, a distal end having a distal opening, and a lumen between the proximal and distal openings, the lumen having a diameter large enough to slideably accommodate a standard guidewire; and a second elongate tubular element having a proximal end having a proximal opening, a distal end having a distal opening, and a lumen between the proximal and distal openings, the lumen having a diameter large enough to slideably accommodate a standard guidewire, a distal region including the distal end of the second elongate tubular element being disposed in a portion of the lumen of the first elongate tubular element, a first portion of the mesh element being fixed to the first elongate tubular element and a second portion of the mesh element being fixed to the second elongate tubular element, the mesh element being expandable from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration by movement of the first and second elongate tubular elements relative to each other. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
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71. A method for removing emboli from a blood vessel in a patient'"'"'s body comprising:
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providing an embolic protection device comprising; a mesh element being expandable from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration; an elongate tubular element having a proximal end having a proximal opening, a distal end having a distal opening, and a lumen between the proximal and distal openings, the lumen having a diameter large enough to slideably accommodate a standard guidewire; and an elongate shaft having no lumen, the elongate shaft being attached to the proximal end of the elongate tubular element, and the mesh element being disposed on the elongate tubular element; and introducing the embolic protection device into a vessel in the patient'"'"'s body. - View Dependent Claims (72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80)
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