Filtering apparatus and methods of use

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2011-06-28

2011-06-28

Manahan, Todd E (Department: 3731)

Surgery

Specula

Laryngoscope

Reexamination Certificate

active

07967747

ABSTRACT:
A filter apparatus for use in a body vessel lumen having a wall, which may include a first elongate member having a proximal end and a distal end, a second elongate member attached proximate a first end to the first elongate member and having a second end, and a plurality of connectors attached to the second elongate member at spaced-apart intervals of the second elongate member and slidably disposed on the first elongate member, the second elongate member movable between a first elongate configuration where the connectors are at a first average distance apart from each other and a second filtering configuration where the connectors are at a second average distance apart less than the first.

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