Patent ID: 6866680
Filing Date: 2005-03-15
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An implantable device for implanting in the vicinity of the bifurcation of the common carotid artery of a subject into the internal carotid artery and the external carotid artery, to reduce the danger of a stroke, characterized in that said implantable device is configured and dimensioned to define, when the implantable device is implanted in the common carotid artery, a deflector extending radially inwardly into the common carotid artery and effective to deflect embolic material in the blood flowing through the common carotid artery into the external carotid artery to a greater extent than into the internal carotid artery, wherein: the implantable device is comprised of a helical structure and is dimensioned to extend also into the external carotid artery and across the internal carotid artery opening; and wherein