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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2003
Jackson Demond, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Marlon C. Moreno, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert L. Cassell, Otsego, MN (US);
Peter Hirshman, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Eliot T. Kim, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jackson Demond, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Marlon C. Moreno, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert L. Cassell, Otsego, MN (US);
Peter Hirshman, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Eliot T. Kim, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods are provided for use in filtering emboli from a vessel, wherein a vascular filter is disposed on a guide wire, the vascular filter having a support hoop disposed from a suspension strut so as to permit lateral eccentric displacement of the support hoop relative to a longitudinal axis of the guide wire. A blood permeable sac is affixed to the support hoop to form a mouth of the blood permeable sac. The support hoop is disposed obliquely relative to the guide wire and is capable of being properly used in a wide range of vessel diameters. The support hoop collapses the mouth of the blood permeable sac during removal of the vascular filter to prevent material from escaping from the sac. A delivery sheath and introducer sheath for use with the vascular filter of the present invention are also provided.