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Embolic protection device

  • US 7,833,242 B2
  • Filed: 12/28/2006
  • Issued: 11/16/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/07/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for the capture of embolic material during an interventional vasculature procedure comprising the steps of:

  • advancing a guidewire through a vasculature;

    advancing over the guidewire a collapsible embolic protection filter having a collapsed configuration;

    deploying the filter downstream in a treatment location; and

    introducing separate from the embolic protection filter an interventional catheter over the guidewire to the treatment location for carrying out the interventional procedure, embolic material generated during the procedure being captured by a deployed filter;

    wherein the filter is mounted on a sleeve, the sleeve having a proximal end near a proximal end of the filter, wherein the sleeve is rotatably disposed on the guidewire when the filter is in an expanded deployed configuration.

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