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Method of emboli protection using a low profile catheter

  • US 6,500,166 B1
  • Filed: 12/06/1999
  • Issued: 12/31/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/20/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method, comprising:

  • providing a catheter comprising an expandable member and a tubular member, the expandable member connected to the tubular member, the tubular member comprising a lumen having an elongate member therein;

    inserting the catheter into a blood vessel;

    varying the relative position of the tubular member and the elongate member, while at least a portion of the elongate member remains within the tubular member, to enable the expansion of the expandable member; and

    frictionally engaging bends in the elongate member with an interior surface of the tubular member to maintain the expandable member in a desired state of expansion.

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