Embolic filters with a distal loop or no loop

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APP PUB NO 20040153119A1
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10354831

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The invention provides a device for filtering emboli from blood flowing through a lumen defined by the walls of a vessel in a patient's body, comprising a filter element and a self-expanding radial element associated with the filter element. The filter element is expandable from a collapsed configuration when the filter element is restrained to an expanded configuration when the filter element is unrestrained. The filter element comprises a self-expanding material having pores. The filter element has proximal and distal portions and a central portion, and has a shape in the expanded configuration which defines a cavity having a proximal facing opening. The self-expanding radial element is distal of the filter element, and the self-expanding radial element is adapted to maintain the filter element centered in the lumen.

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EV3 INC4600 NATHAN LANE NORTH PLYMOUTH MN 55442-2920

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Kusleika, Richard S Eden Prairie, MN 108 11077
Oslund, John C Blaine, MN 57 3802

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