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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2006
Ronan Keating, Knocknacarra, IE;
David Vale, Contarf, IE;
John Neilan, Gort, IE;
Salviac Limited, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
A transvascular embolic protection system for safely capturing and retaining embolic material released during an interventional procedure comprises an embolic protection device () and a delivery catheter () for delivery of the embolic protection device () to a desired location in the vascular system. A pack () is provided to safely store and prepare the embolic protection system for use. The pack () comprises a tray () with a channel () extending in a looped configuration around the tray () for receiving the delivery catheter (). A loading device () is mounted in the tray () adjacent to the delivery catheter (). The embolic protection device () is mounted in an expanded configuration in a well () in the tray (). A pushing device () for loading the collapsible embolic protection device () into the delivery catheter () is mounted in the tray () adjacent to the embolic protection device ().