Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080200947 | DISTAL PROTECTION DEVICES HAVING CONTROLLABLE WIRE MOTION - A distal protection device for use in a body lumen. The device includes a functional element which may be a filter or an occlusive element. The device includes means for controlling the movement and placement of the functional element along a guidewire. Motion of the guidewire can be independent of the motion of the functional element. | 08-21-2008 |
20080281263 | DISTAL PROTECTION DEVICE WITH LOCAL DRUG DELIVERY TO MAINTAIN PATENCY - The present invention provides for a drug delivery mechanism for use with a protection device. The protection device has an expandable filter. The drug delivery mechanism automatically delivers a drug to the filter without requiring the intervention of the operator of the protection device. The drug delivered to the filter facilitates continued filter patency during the medical procedure. | 11-13-2008 |
20090012468 | DISTAL PROTECTION DEVICE WITH LOCAL DRUG INFUSION BY PHYSICIAN TO MAINTAIN PATENCY - The present invention provides for a local drug delivery mechanism for use with a protection device. An infusing device is used to charge the drug into the catheter lumen toward a distal portion of the lumen having a plurality of drug delivery exit ports. The drug exits the ports into the patient's vascular system and is able to flow toward a filter maintaining the patency of the filter. | 01-08-2009 |
20090270909 | BACK-LOADING CATHETER - A catheter provided with a collapsible inner lumen within a main body. The catheter can deploy a distal protection device using a guidewire which is threaded through the inner lumen, the inner lumen collapsing upon retrieval of the device into the catheter main body. | 10-29-2009 |
20110230862 | GUIDE WIRE WITH STRANDED TIP - A guide wire comprising an elongate, flexible core having a proximal region, a proximal end, a distal region, and a distal end; and a plurality of wire strands wrapped helically parallel to one another and disposed on at least a portion of the distal region of the core. | 09-22-2011 |
20110257676 | EMBOLIC FILTERS WITH CONTROLLED PORE SIZE - A device for filtering emboli from blood flowing through a lumen defined by the walls of a vessel in a patient's body. The device has a filter element being expandable from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration. The filter element includes a material having pores, and the material having pores includes cylindrical wires having at least three different diameters arranged in a pattern of graduated diameters. | 10-20-2011 |
20120071916 | DISTAL PROTECTION DEVICES HAVING CONTROLLABLE WIRE MOTION - A distal protection device for use in a body lumen. The device includes a functional element which may be a filter or an occlusive element. The device includes means for controlling the movement and placement of the functional element along a guidewire. Motion of the guidewire can be independent of the motion of the functional element. | 03-22-2012 |
20140031855 | EMBOLIC FILTERS WITH CONTROLLED PORE SIZE - A device for filtering emboli from blood flowing through a lumen defined by the walls of a vessel in a patient's body. The device has a filter element being expandable from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration. The filter element includes a material having pores, and the material having pores includes cylindrical wires having at least three different diameters arranged in a pattern of graduated diameters. | 01-30-2014 |