Patent ID: 9572650
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F

Claim:
1. An embolic protection device for removing emboli from a blood vessel in a patient's body, the embolic protection device comprising: an elongate host element including a host element distal portion; an embolic protection element being movable between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration, wherein the embolic protection element comprises: a flexible tether including a tether proximal end fixed to the host element distal portion and a tether distal end fixed to a proximal end of the embolic protection element, wherein the embolic protection element is connected to the elongate host element through the flexible tether so that the embolic protection device does not include a tip of a guidewire extending through the embolic protection element or distal to the embolic protection element, and wherein the flexible tether is configured to allow the elongate host element to move axially and laterally relative to the embolic protection element over a limited range of motion when the embolic protection element is deployed in the expanded configuration within the blood vessel, wherein the embolic protection device defines a landing zone extending from the tether proximal end to a distal end of the embolic protection element, wherein the landing zone does not exceed 4 centimeters (cm) when the embolic protection element is deployed within the blood vessel and the flexible tether is fully extended.