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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2013
Applicant:
St. Jude Medical, Llc, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Inventor:
Steven S. Hackett, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Assignee:
St. Jude Medical, LLC, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/01 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/01 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00358 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00876 (2013.01); A61B 2017/12054 (2013.01); A61B 2017/12086 (2013.01); A61F 2002/011 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0076 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0098 (2013.01);
Abstract
A permeable plug may be temporarily deployed in a patient to protect blood vessels from blockage by various debris. The plug includes a body formed from a filtering material. The body is collapsible for delivery to a location in a blood vessel and expandable to a filtering configuration in which the body occupies a cross-section of the blood vessel and is held in place by its own expansive force. At least one stud is connected to the body for use in deployment of the plug within the blood vessel and retrieval of the plug from the blood vessel.