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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2005
Applicants:
Brian J. Lowe, Zimmerman, MN (US);
Alan D. Eskuri, Hanover, MN (US);
Inventors:
Brian J. Lowe, Zimmerman, MN (US);
Alan D. Eskuri, Hanover, MN (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 63/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embolic protection filtering devices and methods of making and using the same. The present invention may include an embolic protection filtering device including a filter cartridge that is slidable over medical devices, for example, guidewires. The filter cartridge may have a filter coupled thereto and may have desirable flexibility and trackability characteristics.