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Medtronic Vascular, Inc.

Barbara DeVaux

Nasser Rafiee

Nareak Douk

Dennis L Brooks

Robert D Lashinski

Albert Harold Dunfee

Jerry Brightbill

David S Brin

Michael S Noone

Steven Dapolito

Timothy P Collins

Heng Mao

A sheath catheter used to compress and/or retrieve a filter from a body lumen. The sheath catheter includes an elongate proximal shaft and a distal recovery sheath. The proximal shaft includes a central lumen that accommodates a shaft portion of a solid core wire to provide the catheter with better pushability. The solid core wire further includes a coiled portion that extends within the recovery sheath from a distal end of the proximal shaft. The coiled portion of the core wire provides a transition in flexibility from the stiffer proximal shaft to the more flexible recovery sheath. The recovery sheath further includes a sheath lumen that is sized to receive the filter therein.

Single operator sheath catheter

The present invention is a distal protection device for use during a vascular treatment, such as angioplasty or atherectomy. A filter assembly located on the distal end of a delivery member is deployed distally of the vascular region to be treated to capture emboli released during and immediately after the procedure. The filter is then retracted to retain any captured emboli and then removed from the patient.

Distal protection device

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Haverhill, MA, United States of America

Barbara DeVaux