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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2015
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventors:
John Oslund, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Chad Volk, West Fargo, ND (US);
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/013 (2013.01); A61F 2/01 (2013.01); A61F 2002/011 (2013.01); A61F 2002/018 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0008 (2013.01); A61F 2230/008 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0067 (2013.01);
Abstract
A distal protection device provided with a filter basket having a self-expanding radial loop designed to position the filter basket within human vasculature and to hold the filter basket open during deployment.