Distal protection device and method

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A - Human Necessities

61

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A61F 2/01 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2322451

A device (20) adapted for deployment in a body vessel for collecting floating debris and emboli in a filter. The device (20) includes a collapsible proximally tapered frame (24) for operably supporting the filter (22) between a collapsed insertion profile and an expanded deployment profile. The tapered collapsible frame (24) includes a mouth (28) which is sized to extend to walls of the body vessel in the expanded deployed profile to seal the filter (22) relative to the body vessel for collecting debris floating in the body vessel.

L'invention concerne un dispositif (20) approprié pour être déployé dans un vaisseau corporel afin de recueillir les débris et les emboles flottants dans un filtre. Ledit dispositif (20) comprend une armature (24) pliable effilée proximalement destinée à supporter fonctionnellement le filtre (22) entre un profil d'insertion replié et un profil de déploiement étendu. L'armature (24) pliable comporte un embout (28) de taille appropriée pour se déployer contre les parois du vaisseau corporel dans le profil déployé de manière que le filtre (22) épouse hermétiquement la forme du vaisseau corporel afin de recueillir les débris flottant dans ledit vaisseau.

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