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Intravascular filter and associated methodology

  • US 5,800,457 A
  • Filed: 03/05/1997
  • Issued: 09/01/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/05/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An intravascularly deployable device for collecting intravascular debris, comprising a collector body expandable from a collapsed insertion configuration to an expanded use configuration, said use configuration of said body tapering down from a maximum cross-sectional area to a minimal cross-sectional area at a downstream end of said body, said body being provided at said downstream end with an access port to removably connect an elongate debris removal instrument to said body so that said instrument can traverse said access port to remove debris from said body after disposition of the intravascularly deployable device inside a blood vessel of a patient, said access port taking the form of a sleeve extending in a downstream direction from said body said sleeve being beveled to taper down from a maximal transverse outside dimension at an upstream end to a minimal transverse outside dimension at a downstream end.

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