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Perfusion filter catheter

  • US 6,361,545 B1
  • Filed: 09/22/1998
  • Issued: 03/26/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/26/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A perfusion filter catheter comprising:

  • an elongated catheter shaft, an embolic filter assembly having a porous filter mesh mounted on said catheter shaft, said embolic filter assembly being expandable to engage an inner surface of a patient'"'"'s aorta, said embolic filter assembly including a plurality of standoff members spaced apart from and surrounding said filter mesh for holding said filter mesh away from an inner wall of the aorta when said embolic filter assembly is in an expanded state.

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