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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2004
Paul Gilson, Moycullen, IE;
Charles Taylor, Warninglid, GB;
Patrick Grirrin, Castlegar, IE;
John Nielan, Gort, IE;
David Vale, Clontarf, IE;
Eamon Brady, Elphin, IE;
Paul Gilson, Moycullen, IE;
Charles Taylor, Warninglid, GB;
Patrick Grirrin, Castlegar, IE;
John Nielan, Gort, IE;
David Vale, Clontarf, IE;
Eamon Brady, Elphin, IE;
Salviac Limited, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
An embolic protection system having a guidewire for advancing through a vasculature; an embolic protection filter having a filter body with a distal end and a proximal end, the filter body providing for a collapsed configuration and an expanded deployed configuration. The embolic protection filter body has a guidewire path for slidably receiving the guidewire to permit movement of the filter relative to the guidewire when the filteris in the collapsed configuration and the expanded deployed configuration. A delivery catheter is advanceable over the guidewire for delivery of the embolic protection filter. A retrieval catheter is also advanceable over the guidewire for retrieval of the filter , and engagement elements are used for engaging the embolic protection filter with the guidewire for retrieval of the filter into the retrieval catheter in the collapsed configuration.