Implantable stroke preventing device

US6866680B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MindGuard, LLC · IL

Inventors

• Yuval Yassour · Haifa, IL
• Ofer Yodfat · Lod, IL
• Ygael Grad · Nes Ziona, IL
• Moshe Rosenfeld · Netanya, IL
• Daniel Levin · Haifa, IL

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 10, 2001
• Grant date: Mar 15, 2005
• Expiry date: Aug 14, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2250/0024
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An implantable device for positioning in the vicinity of the bifurcation of the common carotid artery (CCA) into the internal carotid artery (ICA) and the external carotid artery (ECA), comprises a deflecting element suitable to deflect the flow of embolic material flowing in the CCS toward the ICA, into the ECA, without filtering.