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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2005
Eamon Brady, Elphin, IE;
David Vale, Dublin, IE;
Ronald Kelly, Athlone, IE;
John Neilan, Gort, IE;
Steven Horan, Athlone, IE;
Gerard Rabitte, Tuam, IE;
Gerry Mccaffrey, Roslea, IE;
Eamon Brady, Elphin, IE;
David Vale, Dublin, IE;
Ronald Kelly, Athlone, IE;
John Neilan, Gort, IE;
Steven Horan, Athlone, IE;
Gerard Rabitte, Tuam, IE;
Gerry McCaffrey, Roslea, IE;
Salviac Limited, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
An embolic protection device comprises a collapsible filter body and a filter support for the filter body. The filter support comprises a support frame defined by at least two wire segments having terminations. The terminations of adjacent segments are fixed relative to one another and extend generally parallel in a bifilar manner for enhanced trackability and flexibility.