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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yue-Teh Jang, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/900 ; A61M 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/900 ; A61M 5/00 ;
Abstract
A percutaneous filtration catheter used to entrap emboli from a patient's aorta and heart during cardiac surgery. The catheter has an elongate member, a proximal end, and a distal end. A balloon occluder is mounted on the distal end of the elongate member and an expandable filter is mounted on the elongate member distal the balloon occluder. Methods for using the devices are also disclosed herein.
Published as:
US6051014A; CA2344715A1; WO0021604A1; AU6296799A; EP1121173A1; US6287321B1; US2001053921A1; JP2002527157A; AU760885B2; US6692512B2; JP3535098B2; EP1121173A4; CA2344715C;