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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:
May. 10, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2001
Applicant:
Patrick J. Duane, Galway, IE;
Inventor:
Patrick J. Duane, Galway, IE;
Assignee:
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M029/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A temporary intraluminal protection apparatus for use during interventional catheterization procedures, such as angioplasty or stent deployment. A protection element is mounted near the distal end of an elongate shaft, and includes a concave proximal end. To protect distal side branches adjacent a treatment site, the distal end of an inflated balloon of a balloon catheter is receivable within the concave proximal end of the protection element. A tubular actuator slides over the shaft to engage the protection element, causing transformation thereof between an open configuration and a closed configuration.
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