US7491216B2
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Filter element with retractable guidewire tip
Assignee: Salviac Ltd
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Filing: 2002-07-03
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Granted: 2009-02-17
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Expires: 2022-07-03
Abstract
Abstract A medical guidewire assembly comprises a guidewire having a flexible tip. A medical device such as a collapsible filter for use as an embolic protection device is mounted on the guidewire. The filter is advanced through a body lumen with the guidewire tip extending distally. At a first location the filter is advanced relative to the tip to a location which is distally advanced from the first location. Placement of the filter in an optimal distal location is thereby achieved.
Inventors
- 👤 Eamon Brady
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 12:27
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/01; A61F2/011; A61F2/0108; A61F2002/018; A61F2230/00; A61F2230/0002; A61F2230/0004; A61F2230/0006; A61F2230/0063; A61F2230/0067
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 45
Claim 1
Independent Claim
83 words
A medical guidewire assembly comprising: a guidewire having a flexible tip at a distal end of the guidewire; an expandable medical device having a collapsed and expanded configuration mounted near the distal end of the guidewire proximally of the tip, the medical device being in its collapsed and expanded configurations movable relative to the tip for adjustment of the amount of the tip extending distally of the medical device; and means to limit the movement of the medical device relative to the tip.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
83 words
A medical guidewire assembly comprising: a guidewire having a flexible tip at a distal end of the guidewire; an expandable medical device having a collapsed and expanded configuration mounted near the distal end of the guidewire proximally of the tip, the medical device being in its collapsed and expanded configurations movable relative to the tip for adjustment of the amount of the tip extending distally of the medical device; and means to limit the movement of the medical device relative to the tip.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
A medical guidewire assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein the means to limit the movement of the medical device comprise one or more stiff limiting elements.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
A medical guidewire assembly as claimed in claim 2 wherein at least one limiting element is provided on the guidewire.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
A medical guidewire assembly as claimed in claim 3 wherein the limiting element is fixedly mounted to the guidewire.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
A medical guidewire assembly as claimed in claim 3 wherein the limiting element is slidably mounted on the guidewire.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
A medical guidewire assembly as claimed in claim 5 including stop means to limit slidable movement of the limiting element relative to the guidewire.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
32 words
A medical guidewire assembly as claimed in claim 6 wherein the stop means to limit slidable movement of the limiting element comprises a pair of stops spaced axially apart along the guidewire.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
A medical guidewire assembly as claimed in claim 7 wherein the stops are provided by abutment surfaces formed in the guidewire.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
A medical guidewire assembly as claimed in claim 2 , wherein at least one limiting element is mounted to the medical device.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
27 words
A medical guidewire assembly as claimed in claim 9 wherein the limiting element is mounted to the medical device at the proximal end of the medical device.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
25 words
A medical guidewire assembly as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the limiting element is mounted intermediate proximal and distal ends of the medical device.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
22 words
A medical guidewire assembly as claimed in claim 2 , wherein at least one limiting element is stiff relative to the guidewire.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
23 words
A medical guidewire assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the medical device and the tip are slidable relative to each other.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
27 words
A medical guidewire assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the medical device has a receiver slot for reception of at least portion of the tip.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
19 words
A medical guidewire assembly as claimed in claim 14 wherein the tip is fully retractable within the receiver slot.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
75 words
A medical guidewire assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the medical device is a collapsible embolic filter mounted on a tubular sleeve which is slidably mounted on the guidewire adjacent the distal end of the guidewire, the sleeve having a bore through which the guidewire passes, said bore forming a receiver slot for reception of the flexible tip of the guidewire which is at least partially retractable within the bore of the sleeve.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
21 words
A medical guidewire assembly as claimed in claim 16 wherein the tip is fully retractable within the bore of the sleeve.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
55 words
A medical guidewire assembly as claimed in claim 16 wherein a guidewire limiting element is mounted to the guidewire proximal of the embolic filter and a filter limiting element is mounted to the filter within the bore of the sleeve, the guidewire being movable relative to the filter between the first and second limiting elements.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
29 words
A medical guidewire assembly as claimed in claim 18 wherein the guidewire has an abutment which is engagable with the filter limiting element when the guidewire tip is retracted.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
20 words
A medical guidewire assembly as claimed in claim 19 wherein the abutment is provided by a shoulder of the tip.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
24 words
A medical guidewire assembly as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the filter limiting element is provided at a proximal end of the filter.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
25 words
A medical guidewire assembly as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the filter limiting element is provided intermediate proximal and distal ends of the filter.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
59 words
A medical guidewire assembly as claimed in claim 16 wherein a guidewire limiting element is mounted to the guidewire intermediate proximal and distal ends of the filter and the filter has a proximal filter limiting element and a distal filter limiting element, the guidewire limiting element being movable with the guidewire between the proximal and distal filter limiting elements.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
22 words
A medical guidewire assembly as claimed in claim 23 wherein the guidewire tip is retractable proximally of the distal filter limiting element.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
19 words
A medical guidewire assembly as claimed in claim 23 wherein the guidewire limiting element is movable on the guidewire.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
25 words
A medical guidewire assembly as claimed in claim 25 including stop means to limit slidable movement of the guidewire limiting element relative to the guidewire.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
24 words
A medical guidewire assembly as claimed in claim 26 wherein the stop means comprises a pair of stops spaced axially apart along the guidewire.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
21 words
A medical guidewire assembly as claimed in claim 27 wherein the stops are provided by abutment surfaces formed in the guidewire.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
28 words
A medical guidewire assembly as claimed in claim 26 , wherein the guidewire has a recessed portion of reduced diameter on which the guidewire limiting element is mounted.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
72 words
A method for positioning a medical device in a body lumen comprising the steps of: providing a medical guidewire assembly as claimed in claim 1 ; advancing the assembly into a body lumen with the guidewire tip extending distally of the medical device to a first location; moving the medical device relative to the tip to advance the medical device to a second location which is distally advanced from the first location.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
200 words
An embolic protection device comprising: a collapsible filter element mounted on a filter carrier for delivery through a vascular system of a patient; the filter element being movable between a collapsed stored position against the filter carrier for movement through the vascular system, and an expanded position for occluding a blood vessel such that blood passing through the blood vessel is delivered through the filter element; the filter element comprising a collapsible filter body having an inlet end and an outlet end; the inlet end of the filter body having one or more inlet openings sized to allow blood and embolic material enter the filter body; the outlet end of the filter body having a plurality of outlet openings sized to allow through passage of blood but to retain undesired embolic material within the filter body; the collapsible filter element being slidably mounted on the filter carrier for axial movement of the filter element in its collapsed and expanded configurations along the filter carrier; and means to limit the movement of the filter element relative to the filter carrier, the means being arranged to allow a distal end of the filter carrier to be substantially retracted into the filter element.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
200 words
An embolic protection device comprising: a collapsible filter element mounted on a filter carrier for delivery through a vascular system of a patient; the filter element being movable between a collapsed stored position against the filter carrier for movement through the vascular system, and an expanded position for occluding a blood vessel such that blood passing through the blood vessel is delivered through the filter element; the filter element comprising a collapsible filter body having an inlet end and an outlet end; the inlet end of the filter body having one or more inlet openings sized to allow blood and embolic material enter the filter body; the outlet end of the filter body having a plurality of outlet openings sized to allow through passage of blood but to retain undesired embolic material within the filter body; the collapsible filter element being slidably mounted on the filter carrier for axial movement of the filter element in its collapsed and expanded configurations along the filter carrier; and means to limit the movement of the filter element relative to the filter carrier, the means being arranged to allow a distal end of the filter carrier to be substantially retracted into the filter element.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
26 words
An embolic protection device as claimed in claim 31 wherein the means to limit the movement of the filter element comprise one or more limiting elements.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
21 words
An embolic protection device as claimed in claim 31 wherein at least one limiting element is provided on the filter carrier.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
20 words
An embolic protection device as claimed in claim 33 wherein the limiting element is slidably mounted on the filter carrier.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
20 words
An embolic protection device as claimed in claim 33 wherein the limiting element is fixedly mounted on the filter carrier.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
25 words
An embolic protection device as claimed in claim 35 including stop means to limit the movement of the limiting element relative to the filter carrier.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
32 words
An embolic protection device as claimed in claim 36 wherein the means to limit the movement of the limiting element comprises a pair of stops spaced axially apart along the filter carrier.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
22 words
An embolic protection device as claimed in claim 37 wherein the stops are provided by abutment surfaces formed on the filter carrier.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
22 words
An embolic protection device as claimed in claim 31 , wherein at least one limiting element is mounted to the filter element.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
29 words
An embolic protection device as claimed in claim 39 wherein the limiting element is mounted to the filter element intermediate the proximal and distal ends of the filter element.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
23 words
An embolic protection device as claimed in claim 31 , wherein at least one limiting element is stiff relative to the filter carrier.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
27 words
An embolic protection device as claimed in claim 39 wherein the limiting element is mounted to the filter element at the proximal end of the filter element.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
17 words
An embolic protection device as claimed in claim 31 , wherein the filter carrier is a guidewire.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 2016-02-17 | 2016-08-18 | 2017-02-17 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
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