| US 7,491,216 B2 | ||
| Filter element with retractable guidewire tip | ||
| Eamon Brady, Elphin (Ireland) | ||
| Assigned to Salviac Limited, Dublin (Ireland) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 03, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/189,375. | ||
| Application 10/189375 is a continuation of application No. 09/986060, filed on Nov. 07, 2001, abandoned. | ||
| Application 09/986060 is a continuation of application No. PCT/IE00/00057, filed on May 08, 2000. | ||
| Application PCT/IE00/00057 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/188472, filed on Nov. 09, 1998, granted, now 6,336,934. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 97 0789 (IE), filed on Nov. 07, 1997; application No. 98 0267 (IE), filed on Apr. 08, 1998; and application No. PCT/IE99/00039 (WO), filed on May 07, 1999. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2003/0032977 A1, Feb. 13, 2003 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61M 29/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 606—200 | 43 Claims |
| 1. A medical guidewire assembly comprising:
a guidewire having a flexible tip at a distal end of the guidewire;
an expandable medical device having a collapsed and expanded configuration mounted near the distal end of the guidewire proximally
of the tip, the medical device being in its collapsed and expanded configurations movable relative to the tip for adjustment
of the amount of the tip extending distally of the medical device;
and means to limit the movement of the medical device relative to the tip.
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