MEDICAL DEVICE FOR MANIPULATION OF A MEDICAL IMPLANT

This invention relates to medical devices for manipulating medical implants such as, for example, stents, distal protection filters, and septal occluders in a patient's body, and the methods of use thereof. Generally, a medical device of the invention includes a sleeve and an expandable compone...

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Hauptverfasser: FORDE, SEAN, RYAN, CAROL, A
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:This invention relates to medical devices for manipulating medical implants such as, for example, stents, distal protection filters, and septal occluders in a patient's body, and the methods of use thereof. Generally, a medical device of the invention includes a sleeve and an expandable component joined to the sleeve which transitions between a collapsed configuration and a deployed configuration for capturing a medical implant in a patient's body.