Patent ID: 9186238
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A vessel protector system, comprising: an outer sheath; an inner tube disposed within the outer sheath and moveable in a longitudinal direction relative to the outer sheath; at least one protector having a body formed from filtering material and extending between a leading end thereof and a trailing end thereof, the trailing end being coupled to the inner tube, and the body being adapted to be received within the outer sheath thereby having a collapsed configuration spanning a first length from the leading end to the trailing end and further adapted to be discharged from the outer sheath thereby having an expanded configuration spanning a second length, the second length being greater than the first length; and a snare coupled at one end thereof to the leading end of the body, and having a second end thereof passing through the interior of the outer sheath, wherein the snare is capable of pulling a portion of the at least one protector within the inner tube; wherein the outer sheath is moveable between a first position receiving the at least one protector and a second position where the at least one protector is discharged therefrom.