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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
May. 21, 2003
Paul Gilson, Moycullen, IE;
Eamon Brady, Elphin, IE;
Padraig Maher, Birr, IE;
David Vale, Clontarf, IE;
Charles Taylor, Warninglid, GB;
Paul Gilson, Moycullen, IE;
Eamon Brady, Elphin, IE;
Padraig Maher, Birr, IE;
David Vale, Clontarf, IE;
Charles Taylor, Warninglid, GB;
Salviac Limited, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
An embolic protection device has a filter assembly having a collar and a collapsible filter element mounted on a carrier such as a guidewire. The filter element has a collapsible filter body with a proximal inlet end and a distal outlet end and a filter support frame. The proximal inlet end has inlet openings sized to allow blood and embolic materiel to enter the filter body. The outlet end has outlet openings which allow the passage of blood but retain embolic material within the filter body.