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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2006
Applicant:
Dharmendra Pal, Wilmington, MA (US);
Inventor:
Dharmendra Pal, Wilmington, MA (US);
Assignee:
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/013 (2013.01); A61F 2002/018 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0006 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0067 (2013.01);
Abstract
An embolic protection device is provided for deployment within a body vessel to collect embolic debris there from. The device includes a filter for collecting the embolic debris and a frame for supporting the filter. The frame generally defines a closed loop that has a collapsed state and an opened state. Furthermore, the frame includes a tube portion that receives an opening means to open the closed loop from the collapsed state to the opened state.