Abstract: A filter device includes: a shaft having an intermediate coil wire between a proximal filter wire and a distal filter wire; a proximal filter on the proximal filter wire; and a distal filter on the distal filter wire. The intermediate coil wire is disposed to extend between downstream and upstream blood vessels to pass through a path of placement that leads to another downstream blood vessel. Both the filters have a contracted configuration for being delivered into the blood vessel and an expanded configuration for capturing an embolus inside the blood vessel. The proximal filter is oriented such that an inlet opening, for taking in the embolus, of a proximal filter body in the expanded configuration faces the distal side, and the distal filter is oriented such that an inlet opening, for taking in the embolus, of a distal filter body in the expanded configuration faces the proximal side.

Abstract: A filter device includes: a shaft having an intermediate coil wire between a proximal filter wire and a distal filter wire; a proximal filter on the proximal filter wire; and a distal filter on the distal filter wire. The intermediate coil wire is disposed to extend between downstream and upstream blood vessels to pass through a path of placement that leads to another downstream blood vessel. Both the filters have a contracted configuration for being delivered into the blood vessel and an expanded configuration for capturing an embolus inside the blood vessel. The proximal filter is oriented such that an inlet opening, for taking in the embolus, of a proximal filter body in the expanded configuration faces the distal side, and the distal filter is oriented such that an inlet opening, for taking in the embolus, of a distal filter body in the expanded configuration faces the proximal side.

Abstract: A catheter apparatus has a catheter that is inserted into a lumen of the human body, a branch portion which is connected to a base end portion of the catheter and is provided with an insertion hole to pass a guide wire used in inserting the catheter in the lumen of the human body, and a liquid introducing portion for introducing liquid such as a drug solution into the catheter through a tube connected to the branch portion, where at a front end of the catheter is disposed embolus trapping part for trapping an embolus inside the lumen of the human body.

Abstract: To provide a stent for enabling injuries to the wall of a lumen to be reduced, a stent 10 in the shape of a mesh is placed and used inside a lumen such as a blood vessel of the human body, where the mesh is formed of a single or plurality of pieces of wire material 11 having elasticity, and the wire material 11 bends in the shape of a curve without being folded in end portions 10A, 10B of the stent 10, and is formed in the shape of a cylinder.

Abstract: To provide a catheter apparatus capable of performing removal of an embolus such as a thrombus, administration of a drug, etc. and sampling of body fluid such as blood at the same time inside a lumen of the human body, the catheter apparatus has a catheter 10 that is inserted into a lumen of the human body, a branch portion 40 which is connected to a base end portion 12 of the catheter 10 and is provided with an insertion hole to pass a guide wire used in inserting the catheter 10 in the lumen of the human body, and liquid introducing means 30 for introducing liquid such as a drug solution into the catheter 10 through a tube 34 connected to the branch portion 40, where at a front end 11 of the catheter 10 is disposed embolus trapping means 20 for trapping an embolus inside the lumen of the human body.

Abstract: To provide an embolic material excision trapping device capable of excising an embolic material in an arteriole or vessel without blocking the blood flow, and further, trapping the material with reliability. A device for removing an embolic material in a lumen in a living body has a long shaft member 1 having a front end and a base end and sending the front end to a distal end of the lumen, a filter member 5 which is provided on the front-end side of the shaft member 1, and contracts linearly inside a catheter for carrying the device while expanding when released into the lumen from the catheter, and a coil member 7 which is provided in the shaft member 1 on the side closer to the base-end side than the filter member 5, and contracts linearly inside the catheter while expanding spirally when released into the lumen from the catheter, where the coil member 7 destroys and traps an embolic material in the lumen, and the filter member 5 traps an liberated piece of the embolic material.