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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas E Broome, Hopkins, MN (US);
John M Daniel, Plymouth, MN (US);
Thomas R Hektner, Medina, MN (US);
Assignee:
SciMed Life Systems, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606200 ;
Abstract
A device adapted for deployment in a body vessel for collecting floating debris and emboli in a filter. The device includes a collapsible proximally tapered frame for operably supporting the filter between a collapsed insertion profile and an expanded deployment profile. The tapered collapsible frame includes a mouth which is sized to extend to walls of the body vessel in the expanded deployed profile to seal the filter relative to the body vessel for collecting debris floating in the body vessel.
Published as:
CA2322451A1; WO9944542A2; WO9944542A3; US6152946A; EP1059890A2; DE1059890T1; JP2002505151A; DE29924224U1; EP1479357A1; EP1059890B1; ATE283674T1; DE69922351D1; EP1059890B8; DE69922351T2; JP4102023B2; CA2322451C; EP1479357B1; ATE430532T1; DE69940860D1; ES2325018T3; EP2113223A1; EP2113223B1; EP2343027A1; ATE515243T1; EP2343027B1;