Angioguard, Inc.

Amy Raatikka

Gregg Stuart Sutton

Jay Yadav

Thomas E Borillo

Jay S Yadav

Thomas Borillo

A removable vascular filter system for blocking micro- and macro-emboli while allowing the continued perfusion of blood comprises a filter membrane positioned on a guidewire, wherein a free end of the membrane sits tightly against the guidewire when the filter membrane is in a collapsed state and wherein the filter has a means for deploying the filter membrane to assume a position substantially normal to the longitudinal axis of the guidewire. The filter membrane is comprised of a fine mesh material which has a pore size capable of blocking emboli while allowing continued blood flow, a preferred embodiment of which comprises regularly spaced, laser-formed holes.

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Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

Amy Raatikka