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| 20090112126 | STEPPED GUIDEWIRE WITH SHIM - A medical guidewire ( | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090112127 | NITINOL GUIDEWIRE - A medical guidewire ( | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090112253 | GUIDEWIRE FOR EMBOLIC DEVICE - A guidewire for use with an embolic protection filter and a method of deploying an embolic protection filter are provided. The guidewire includes a core wire; a core wire tip disposed at a distal end of the core wire; and a hypo shaft, coaxially disposed around the core wire, wherein the hypo shaft is moveable proximally and distally along the core wire with the core wire tip limiting a distal movement of the hypo shaft. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20100268266 | DEVICE FOR LOADING AN EMBOLIC PROTECTION FILTER INTO A CATHETER - A transvascular embolic protection system for safely capturing and retaining embolic material released during an interventional procedure comprises an embolic protection device ( | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100331952 | METHOD FOR FILTERING EMBOLIC MATERIAL - The method comprises the steps of advancing a guidewire from a first intermediate location to a further intermediate location which is proximal of the treatment location and, subsequently, advancing a medical device over the guidewire toward the further intermediate location. The method may comprise repeating these steps for additional intermediate locations. In one case the treatment location is in the carotid artery. The treatment location may be at or adjacent to the carotid bifurcation. An intermediate location may be at or adjacent to the aortic arch. An intermediate location may be at or adjacent to the carotid take-off. The medical device may be delivered over the guidewire using a delivery catheter. The delivery catheter and the medical device may be advanced through the vasculature without the use of a guide catheter. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110034951 | DEVICE FOR LOADING AN EMBOLIC PROTECTION FILTER INTO A CATHETER - A device for loading an embolic protection filter into a catheter including a loading member for collapsing an embolic protection filter, wherein an outlet of the loading member is configured to be aligned with an inlet of a catheter extending along at least part of an exterior surface of the catheter for loading of the collapsed embolic protection filter into the catheter. The loading member may have a passageway extending therethrough, through which an embolic protection filter may be passed to collapse the embolic protection filter. The outlet of the loading member may include an outlet of the passageway that is at least partially funnel-shaped. The loading member may include a tubular part extendable along part of an exterior surface of a catheter, the outlet of the loading member being provided at an end of the tubular part. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110054516 | EMBOLIC PROTECTION METHOD - An embolic protection filter for deployment in a vasculature, the filter having an inlet end and an outlet end, the inlet end having one or more inlet openings sized to allow blood and embolic material enter the filter, and the outlet end of the filter having a plurality of outlet openings sized to allow through passage of blood but to retain undesired embolic material within the filter. The filter is movable between a collapsed configuration for movement through a vasculature, and an outwardly extended configuration for deployment in a vasculature. The filter at least in the collapsed configuration was a guidewire lumen defined at least partially therethrough for passing the filter over a guidewire. The guidewire lumen is defined by a lumen-defining member which is spaced proximally of the distal end of the filter. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110190865 | Mechanically Expandable Delivery and Dilation Systems - A stent delivery system, a dilator system and a method for implanting a stent are provided. The stent delivery system includes an elongate shaft including a proximal portion, a distal portion, a lumen extending at least partially therethrough, and a stent receiving portion on the distal portion of the shaft. The stent delivery system also includes a stent positioned at the stent receiving portion of the elongate shaft, the stent having a constrained configuration and an expanded configuration. A proximal constraining member and a distal constraining member releasably connected to the stent and having a first position and a second position are also included. The proximal constraining member and the distal constraining member cooperatively apply longitudinal tensile force to at least a portion of the stent with the proximal and distal constraining members each in the first position. | 08-04-2011 |
