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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2003
Applicants:
Nareak Douk, Lowell, MA (US);
Nasser Rafiee, Andover, MA (US);
Albert H Dunfee, Byfield, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A distal protection device captures debris during vascular procedures. In order to reduce the profile of the device, the thickness of the distal protection element is reduced in one or both of the end regions, either by reducing the thickness of filaments which form the distal protection element, or by removing portions of those filaments altogether. Various methods of reducing the thickness of the end regions and different profiles that can be created by the reduction are disclosed.