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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2009
John Daniel, Plymouth, MN (US);
Brian J. Lowe, Fridley, MN (US);
Robert Cassell, Otsego, MN (US);
Bradley F. Slaker, Greenfield, MN (US);
John E. Arnold, Jr., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Thomas E. Broome, Hopkins, MN (US);
John Daniel, Plymouth, MN (US);
Brian J. Lowe, Fridley, MN (US);
Robert Cassell, Otsego, MN (US);
Bradley F. Slaker, Greenfield, MN (US);
John E. Arnold, Jr., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Thomas E. Broome, Hopkins, MN (US);
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A filter disposed at the distal end of an elongate guidewire. Catheters are provided for delivering the filter to, and retrieving the filter from, a treatment site. The catheters can be over-the-wire or single operator exchange. The catheters include a housing for receiving the filter therein. The housing has an atraumatic distal end.