Surgery – Instruments – Internal pressure applicator
Reexamination Certificate
2005-12-21
2010-11-23
Nguyen, Anhtuan T (Department: 3731)
Surgery
Instruments
Internal pressure applicator
C606S127000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07837702
ABSTRACT:
Interventional catheters are disclosed for use in performing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in vessels that are accessed retrograde to blood flow. The catheters include an elongated shaft slidably disposed within a sheath, a distal region having an end effector and a filter disposed proximal to the end effector to capture emboli liberated during the diagnostic or therapeutic procedure. The filter includes a plurality of struts that cooperate with an exterior surface of the catheter to define a reservoir to retain captured emboli, the reservoir configured so that advancement of the sheath contracts the filter without squeezing or dislodging captured emboli beyond a distal end of the filter.
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Jones Day
Nexeon Medsystems Inc.
Nguyen Anhtuan T
Pisano Nicola A.
Severson Ryan J
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