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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2009
Elina Miloslavski, Stuttgart, DE;
Hermann Monstadt, Bochum, DE;
Ralf Hannes, Dortmund, DE;
Phenox GmbH, Bochum, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a device for opening occluded blood vessels, comprising a braided structure () on a guide wire (), said braided structure () being securely and permanently attached to the guide wire and consisting of a plurality of filaments () arranged in a helical manner and at least at the proximal end combined into a bundle, with the braided structure () assuming an elongated form of smaller diameter when subjected to external force while when in unstressed state defining a tubular element of larger diameter closed at least at its proximal end, with the device being provided with restraining/bracing fiber elements ().