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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2002
Applicants:
Ling Wang, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Martin Willard, Burnsville, MN (US);
Inventors:
Ling Wang, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Martin Willard, Burnsville, MN (US);
Assignee:
SciMed Life Systems, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Catheters for retrieval or delivery of an embolic protection device from the vasculature comprise an outer sheath having a side opening for receiving a guidewire with an embolic protection device at distal end and an inner shaft having a port and a plurality of flush holes in addition to the port. Methods for retrieving and delivering an embolic protection device are disclosed.