Abstract: Medical devices for filtering fluids flowing through a lumen and a method of forming medical devices. The devices can be used in vascular channels, urinary tracts, biliary ducts and the like, and filter emboli and other debris generated at a treatment site.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 14, 2007
Date of Patent:
April 12, 2011
Assignee:
Tyco Healthcare Group LP
Inventors:
Rudy Mazzocchi, Timothy Claude, James Segermark