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Delivery systems for embolic filter devices

  • US 7,425,215 B2
  • Filed: 03/10/2003
  • Issued: 09/16/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for delivering a filter device within a body vessel, comprising:

  • providing a first guide wire having a proximal end and a distal end and a filter device mounted near the distal end, a sheath having a proximal end and a distal end and including a first lumen for receiving the filter device and a second lumen for receiving a second guide wire therethrough, the first lumen extending into the second lumen near the distal end of the sheath;

    advancing the second guide wire into the area of interest within the body vessel;

    advancing the filter device and sheath along the second guide wire for positioning the filter device within the area of interest in the body vessel;

    retracting the sheath proximally from the filter device;

    deploying the filter device within the body vessel; and

    advancing an interventional device over the first guide wire to the area of interest,wherein the sheath has a length and the second lumen for receiving the second guide wire has a length substantially the same as the sheath.

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