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Emboli filtration system and methods of use

  • US 7,699,866 B2
  • Filed: 04/15/2005
  • Issued: 04/20/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/16/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Apparatus for filtering emboli from blood flowing through a vessel, the apparatus comprising:

  • a guide wire having proximal and distal regions, and proximal and distal stops on the distal region anda filter element rotatable and translatable relative to the guide wire,wherein the apparatus has a first configuration in which the filter is located proximal of the proximal stop and a second configuration in which the filter has been advanced in vitro to a position distal of the proximal stop, the proximal stop thereafter prohibiting proximal retraction of the filter element over the proximal stop, andfurther wherein the proximal stop comprises at least one depressible tab having proximal and distal ends, wherein the proximal end is affixed to the guide wire.

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