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Methods, systems, and devices for deploying a filter from a filter device

  • US 6,951,570 B2
  • Filed: 06/28/2002
  • Issued: 10/04/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A filter device for percutaneous insertion into a blood vessel during a procedure, the filter device comprising:

  • (a) a guide member comprising a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen extending from the distal end to the proximal end, said distal end being an atraumatic tip having a level of resiliency sufficient to maintain a curvature defined by a physician or clinician;

    (b) means for filtering material from a blood stream, said means being disposed within said lumen of said guide member and having a proximal end and a distal end; and

    (c) means for deploying said means for filtering from said lumen of said guide member into the blood stream in the blood vessel through said atraumatic tip and retracting said means for filtering upon completing the procedure.

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