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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2007
Douglas H. Gesswein, Temecula, CA (US);
David K. Wrolstad, Temecula, CA (US);
David H. Burkett, Temecula, CA (US);
Robert C. Esselstein, Fallbrook, CA (US);
Kathern J. Lind, Temecula, CA (US);
Pablito Buan, Temecula, CA (US);
Robert C. Hazelden, Temecula, CA (US);
Thomas Tokarchik, Iii, Murrieta, CA (US);
Ryan Grandfield, Murrieta, CA (US);
Aaron Baldwin, Temecula, CA (US);
Wayne E. Cornish, Fallbrook, CA (US);
Philip S. Yip, San Jose, CA (US);
Douglas H. Gesswein, Temecula, CA (US);
David K. Wrolstad, Temecula, CA (US);
David H. Burkett, Temecula, CA (US);
Robert C. Esselstein, Fallbrook, CA (US);
Kathern J. Lind, Temecula, CA (US);
Pablito Buan, Temecula, CA (US);
Robert C. Hazelden, Temecula, CA (US);
Thomas Tokarchik, III, Murrieta, CA (US);
Ryan Grandfield, Murrieta, CA (US);
Aaron Baldwin, Temecula, CA (US);
Wayne E. Cornish, Fallbrook, CA (US);
Philip S. Yip, San Jose, CA (US);
Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A locking component for locking a medical device onto a guide wire. Such medical devices include, for example, an embolic filter assembly used to capture embolic material that may be created and released into a patient's vasculature during a stenting or angioplasty procedure. The embolic filter assembly tracks along the guide wire, and is delivered to a treatment site where it is locked in place and deployed. The locking component enables the filter assembly to lock onto any standard guide wire, and does not require a modified guide wire that has a specially-designed fitting or stop to accomplish the locking function.