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Title:
IMPLANTABLE BRAIDED STROKE PREVENTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002005729
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An implantable deflecting device for positioning in the vicinity of an arterial bifurcation for causing embolic material flowing toward a first branch of the bifurcation to be deflected into the second branch of the same bifurcation. The device comprises a deflecting filtering element suitable to deflect the flow of embolic material flowing toward said second branch, while filtering the blood flowing toward said first branch. The device comprising a braided tubular body having a contracted state with a first diameter, and an expanded state having a second diameter greater than said first diameter.

Inventors:
YODFAT OFER (IL)
GRAD YGAEL (IL)
Application Number:
PCT/IL2001/000624
Publication Date:
June 13, 2002
Filing Date:
July 09, 2001
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Assignee:
MIND GUARD LTD (IL)
YODFAT OFER (IL)
GRAD YGAEL (IL)
International Classes:
A61B17/00; A61F2/01; A61L31/00; A61M1/02; A61M29/02; A61F2/00; A61F; (IPC1-7): A61F2/06
Domestic Patent References:
WO1999032050A11999-07-01
WO1998047447A11998-10-29
Foreign References:
US6027529A2000-02-22
EP0183372A11986-06-04
US5464449A1995-11-07
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