Scimed Life Systems, Inc.

Intratherapeutics, Inc.

Benjamin Morris

Todd A Hall

William A Reuss, Jr

Gregory R Furnish

Claude A Vidal

Gregory G Brucker

Simon M Furnish

David A Rahdert

William C Mers Kelly

Matthew Pease

Brandon G Walsh

Thomas Banks

Gerald M Hubbs

Hacene Bouadi

John Conrad Muskivitch

Russ J Redmond

Victor R Blackledge

Indaka Gunasekara

Travis Rowe

Gregory M Ruhf

Charles H Whatley, Jr

David Byrd

Enrique Malaret

Josh Barber

Sava A Chernomordik

Michael W Wilson

Valerie Futral

A bifurcated stent comprises a first stent section and a second stent section. Each stent section is expandable from a predeployed state to a deployed state independently from one another. The second stent section having an end engaged to a receiving region of the first stent section. In the deployed state the first stent section defines a primary flow path and the second stent section defines a secondary flow path in fluid communication with the first flow path. At least a portion of one or both the first stent section and second stent section is constructed from a wire member.

Bifurcated stent

An emboli filter for deployment in a body lumen to capture emboli entrained in a fluid flowing through the lumen includes a flexible elongated member sized to be passed through the lumen. A filter media is carried on and substantially surrounding the elongated member. The filter media has a first end secured to the elongated member adjacent the distal end. A second end of the filter media has a periphery movable toward and away from the elongated member. Opposing internal surfaces of the filter media define a volume into which emboli may flow through the second end when the periphery is moved away from the elongated member. The emboli are trapped within the volume when the periphery is moved toward the elongated member. An actuator moves the periphery toward and way from the elongated member. The actuator includes a plurality of elastic loops. The loops are biased to an open loop configuration with the loops urging the periphery away from the elongated member. The actuator is adapted to be manipulated by an operator to urge the loops against the bias to a closed position permitting movement of the periphery toward the elongated member without interference from the loops.

Emboli filter

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Louisville, KY, United States of America

Benjamin Morris