Patent ID: 6994718
Filing Date: 2006-02-07
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A distal protection device for use with a catheter during a vascular procedure comprising: a tube having a proximal end and a distal end and a tube lumen extending there through; an elongate wire extending through the tube lumen; an expandable filter having proximal and distal ends, wherein at least one of the filter ends is fixedly attached to at least one of the distal end of the tube or the wire; an expandable occluder having a proximal end and a distal end positioned within the filter; a hollow push rod having proximal and distal ends and a rod lumen extending there through, the push rod being slidably disposed within the tube lumen and extending distally and proximally there from; and wherein the elongate wire slidably extends through the rod lumen, the filter proximal end is fixedly attached to the tube distal end, the filter distal end is fixedly attached to the push rod distal end, the occluder distal end is sealingly attached adjacent the push rod distal end, and the occluder proximal end is sealingly attached to the tube distal end such that an interior of the occluder is in fluid communication with the tube lumen.