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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2008
Eamon Brady, Elphin, IE;
Gary Fahey, Rosscahill, IE;
Brendan Casey, Barna, IE;
Ann Marie Cannon, Pettigo, IE;
David Vale, Clontarf, IE;
Martin Keegan, Knocknacarra, IE;
Eamon Brady, Elphin, IE;
Gary Fahey, Rosscahill, IE;
Brendan Casey, Barna, IE;
Ann Marie Cannon, Pettigo, IE;
David Vale, Clontarf, IE;
Martin Keegan, Knocknacarra, IE;
Salviac Limited, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
An embolic protection system comprises an embolic protection filterhaving a collapsed delivery configuration and an expanded deployed configuration. The filteris housed in the collapsed configuration in a reception space of a delivery catheter. The delivery cathetercontaining the filteris housed in a sealed sterile pouch. The filtermay be coated with a non-thrombogenic coating and an adhesion preventersuch as a silicon gel is used to substantially prevent adhesion of adjacent folds of the filterwhen the filter is in the collapsed configuration in the delivery catheter