Patent ID: 6338735
Filing Date: 2002-01-15
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of deploying a permeable element in a patient's vasculature to trap and remove embolic material contained in blood passing through the vasculature, comprising the steps of:providing a permeable element which is movable from a collapsed position to an expanded position, the permeable element having a cavity when in the expanded position; introducing the permeable element into the patient with the permeable element being contained in a capsule in the collapsed position; expanding the permeable element to the expanded position within the patient's vasculature, the permeable element being oriented so that embolic material is trapped in the cavity when blood flows through its permeable element; flowing blood through the permeable element after the expanding step so that the embolic material is trapped in the cavity of the permeable element; collapsing the permeable element after the flowing step so that the embolic material trapped by the cavity of the permeable element can be removed; and removing the permeable element thereby removing the embolic material trapped by the permeable element.