CN212415983U - Embolus deflector and embolus deflection system - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a embolus deflector and embolus deflection system, the filter screen is tubulose and both ends opening, braced frame includes two at least support frames along the axial distribution of filter screen, and the tubulose filter screen can be better with the curved surface laminating of aortic arch wall to the better three branch blood vessels that cover the brain prevent embolus from escaping from embolus deflector and vascular gap department, improved the embolus turn rate, reduced the risk that the embolus flows to the cerebral blood vessel and leads to cerebral apoplexy.

Description

Embolus deflector and embolus deflection system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of medical equipment, especially, relate to a embolus deflector and embolus deflection system.

Background

In some procedures involving the heart and aorta, such as cardiac surgery, cardiopulmonary bypass, catheter-based interventional cardiology, ascending aorta, etc., the instrument operation can form platelet polymers (e.g., thrombi, lipid droplets, bacterial clots and/or other foreign bodies, tumor cells or other small tissue fragments) or break-up and shed atherosclerotic debris from the arterial wall, which can be transported into the cerebral blood circulation and other important systemic arterial systems as embolizing vascular material. Embolic material entering the cerebral blood circulation can occlude small arteries leading to local cerebral vascular embolization, which has become a significant complication of cardiac and aortic surgery.

It has been shown that embolic protection devices are useful to patients during surgery to deflect, capture or collect plaque, debris or thrombus from the anterior flow to prevent the formation of emboli in order to prevent complications from embolic particles. However, the thrombus protection devices disclosed so far all have the following problems:

1) three blood vessels on the side wall of the aortic arch cannot be completely covered;

2) poor adherence and risk of embolus escape;

3) it is difficult to adapt to blood vessels of different sizes, shapes, etc.;

4) the operation process of the instrument is complex.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide a embolus deflector and embolus deflection system can cover three blood vessels on the aortic arch wall to have good adherence performance, can improve embolus deflection rate, reduce embolus escape, reduce the risk that embolus flow direction brain blood vessel leads to apoplexy.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a bolt deflector, comprising a supporting frame and a filter screen disposed on the supporting frame;

the filter screen is for tubulose and both ends opening, braced frame includes along the axial distribution's of filter screen two at least support frames.

Optionally, the filter screen includes distal end and near-end, the distal end with the near-end all is provided with the support frame.

Optionally, the filter screen includes a distal end and a proximal end, and the support frame is disposed between the distal end and the proximal end.

Optionally, the number of the support frames is 2-4.

Optionally, all the support frames are coaxially arranged.

Optionally, at least one of the support frames extends along the circumferential direction of the filter screen, and forms a closed ring shape in the circumferential direction of the filter screen.

Optionally, at least one of the support frames extends along the circumferential direction of the filter screen, and forms a non-closed ring shape in the circumferential direction of the filter screen.

Optionally, the filter screen includes a distal end and a proximal end, the mesh aperture of the filter screen is 50 μm to 250 μm, the diameter of the distal end of the filter screen is 25mm to 50mm, the diameter of the proximal end of the filter screen is 20mm to 40mm, and the extension length of the filter screen in the axial direction thereof is 50mm to 120 mm.

The utility model also provides a embolus deflection system, reach including the push rod embolus deflector, embolus deflector include distal end and near-end, the push rod with the distal end and/or the near-end of embolus deflector are connected.

Optionally, the embolus deflector further comprises a handle and an outer sheath tube, the handle is connected with the outer sheath tube and the pushing rod, the pushing rod is arranged in the outer sheath tube and penetrates through the outer sheath tube, and a gap is formed between the pushing rod and the outer sheath tube and used for accommodating the compressed embolus deflector.

The utility model provides a embolus deflector and embolus deflection system has following advantage:

the filter screen is tubulose and both ends opening, and braced frame includes along the at least two support frames of the axial distribution of filter screen, and tubulose filter screen can be better with the curved surface laminating of aortic arch wall to better three branches blood vessel of covering aortic arch portion prevents that the embolus from escaping from the gap department of embolus deflector and blood vessel, has improved the embolus steering rate, has reduced the risk that the embolus flows to brain blood vessel and leads to cerebral apoplexy.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of an aortic arch according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic view of an overall structure of a conveying device according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic view of the release of an embolic deflector in an aortic arch according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic view of an overall structure of an embolus deflector according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic view of an overall structure of an embolus deflector according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic view of an overall structure of an embolus deflector according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic view of an overall structure of an embolic deflector according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention;

wherein the reference numerals are:

10-direction of blood flow; 11-embolus; 20-an embolus deflector; 201a, 201 b-a scaffold; 202-a filter screen; 21-outer sheath; 22-a push rod; 23-a handle; 30-a guide wire; 40-contrast catheter.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings. The advantages and features of the present invention will become more apparent from the following description. It should be noted that the drawings are in simplified form and are not to precise scale, and are provided for convenience and clarity in order to facilitate the description of the embodiments of the present invention.

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a basic aortic arch related to the present embodiment. As shown in fig. 1, 3 major arteries from the convex side of the aortic arch are sequentially divided into a brachiocephalic artery, a left common carotid artery and a left subclavian artery from right to left, the embolus deflector and embolus deflecting system provided by this embodiment can be placed in the ascending aorta and/or the aortic arch and/or the descending aorta before and during a transcatheter operation which may cause embolus, so as to filter the ascending blood flow of the brachiocephalic artery, the left common carotid artery and the left subclavian artery, ensure that embolus 11 (embolic material) in the ascending blood flow of the brachiocephalic artery, the left common carotid artery and the left subclavian artery can be filtered during the operation, and the embolus 11 can flow along the blood flow direction 10 (direction shown by arrow) under the deflection of the embolus deflector, so as to protect 3 arteries in the brain and reduce the risk of cerebral stroke.

Fig. 2 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the conveying device provided in this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the delivery device includes an embolic deflector 20, a push rod 22, an outer sheath 21, and a handle 23. In this embodiment, the embolic deflector 20, the push rod 22, the outer sheath 21, and the handle 23 all have distal and proximal ends. Wherein proximal end means the end closer to the operator during the operation and distal end means the end further away from the operator.

Further, a push rod 22 is disposed within the outer sheath 21 and extends through the outer sheath 21, with a gap between the push rod 22 and the outer sheath 21 for receiving the compressed embolic deflector 20. Specifically, the distal end of push rod 22 is attached to the proximal and/or distal end of embolic deflector 20, the proximal end of push rod 22 is attached to the proximal end of handle 23, and the distal end of handle 23 is attached to the proximal end of outer sheath 21. After the embolic deflector 20 and the push rod 22 are assembled, the push rod 22 and the embolic deflector 20 are all compressed into the outer sheath 21, and the proximal end of the push rod 22 and the proximal end of the outer sheath 21 are pushed by the handle 23 to release or retrieve the embolic deflector 20. The embolic deflector 20 and the delivery device thereof provided by the embodiment can deliver the embolic deflector 20 into the aortic arch, and access is performed by adopting a pre-loading mode or a non-pre-loading mode through the femoral artery path, so that the access path of the operation can be reduced, and the complexity of the operation is reduced.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of the release of the embolic deflector 20 in the aortic arch in this embodiment, and fig. 3 shows the configuration of the embolic deflector 20 released into the aortic arch, wherein the embolic deflector 20 is released from the proximal end of the ascending aorta to the distal end of the descending aorta.

Fig. 4 is a schematic view of the entire structure of the plug deflector 20 in this embodiment. As shown in fig. 4, embolus deflector 20 includes a support frame and a filter screen 202 disposed on the support frame, wherein filter screen 202 is tubular and has two open ends, and the support frame includes two support frames distributed along the axial direction of filter screen 202. The filter screen 202 sets up in braced frame outside and the periphery is connected with braced frame, and braced frame plays the effect of supporting filter screen 202, and filter screen 202 plays and filters the embolus, prevents that the embolus from getting into 3 arteries of brain. In this embodiment, the support frame includes two support frames, support frames 201a, 201b, and support frames 201a, 201b are located at the distal and proximal ends of embolic deflector 20, respectively. The support frames 201a and 201b extend along the circumferential direction of the filter screen 202 and form a closed ring shape in the circumferential direction of the filter screen 202, that is, the planar shapes of the support frames 201a and 201b are closed ring shapes, specifically, the planar shapes of the support frames 201a and 201b are both closed circular rings, and the support frames 201a and 201b are arranged in parallel and are coaxial. As can be seen from fig. 4, since the filter net 202 is tubular, the filter net 202 forms a cylindrical shape with two open ends similar to an "artificial blood vessel" supported by the supports 201a, 201b, and the supports 201a, 201b correspond to the top and bottom surfaces of the cylindrical "artificial blood vessel". However, it should be understood that the support frames 201a, 201b are not planar structures, but rather are hollow annular structures.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the embolus deflector 20 is released from the proximal end of the ascending aorta to the distal end of the descending aorta, the support frames 201a and 201b of the embolus deflector 20 can be divided into a position located at the proximal end of the ascending aorta and a position located at the distal end of the descending aorta, and the filter screen 202 is just located at the aortic arch, and as the filter screen 202 is supported in an artificial blood vessel shape, the side wall of the filter screen 202 can be better attached to the curved surface of the aortic arch wall, so that three branch blood vessels of the brain can be better covered, ascending blood flow of the brachiocephalic artery, the left common carotid artery and the left subclavian artery can be filtered in the operation process, embolus is prevented from escaping from the gap between the embolus deflector 20 and the blood vessels, the embolus turning rate is improved, and the risk of cerebral apoplexy caused by embolus flowing. In addition, the planar shapes of the supporting frames 201a and 201b are closed rings, so that the supporting frames have better supporting force and stability, the embolus deflector 20 can be prevented from being released in the aortic arch and being displaced due to pulse contraction and high-flow blood flushing, and the risk of embolus escaping caused by folds generated by the filter screen 202 can be reduced.

It is understood that the planar shape of the supporting frames 201a, 201b in the present invention is not limited to a closed circular ring, but may be a closed elliptical ring, a closed heart ring, a closed water drop ring (composed of a circular ring with a large top and a small bottom), a closed sector ring, etc., as long as it has a part of arc shape and supports at least a partial region of the filter screen 202 as a curved surface. It should be appreciated that when only a partial area of filter screen 202 is supported as a curved surface, embolic deflector 20 is released such that the curved surface of filter screen 202 adheres to the aortic arch wall to better cover the three branch vessels of the brain.

Further, the present invention is not limited to the planar shapes of the supporting frames 201a and 201b being the same closed ring shape, but the supporting frames 201a and 201b may be different closed ring shapes, for example, the planar shape of the supporting frame 201a is a closed circular ring, and the planar shape of the supporting frame 201b is a closed elliptical ring; alternatively, the planar shape of the support frame 201a may be a closed heart ring, and the planar shape of the support frame 201b may be a closed water-drop ring, or the like.

It should be understood that the diameters of the scaffolds 201a, 201b may be the same or different, and the diameters of the scaffolds 201a, 201b need to be designed according to the shape of a specific blood vessel.

In this embodiment, the supporting frames 201a and 201b are woven by a single thread or a plurality of threads. The length of the silk threads required for weaving the supporting frames 201a and 201b can be 30 mm-200 mm; the material of the braided supporting frames 201a, 201b may be nickel-titanium wire, stainless steel wire, cobalt-based alloy wire or tantalum wire, etc., or may be PEEK or HDPE, etc., or may be a composite material of metal, polymer, inorganic non-metal, etc. The inside of the supporting frames 201a, 201b may have no auxiliary connecting wire, or may have one or more connecting wires. As an alternative embodiment, the supporting frames 201a and 201b may also be formed by laser cutting of a sheet or a pipe, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

Optionally, the filter screen 202 may be made of polymer materials such as PET, PE, PU, or PEEK; alternatively, the filter mesh 202 may be formed by weaving, laser drilling, or punching a wire or sheet of nickel-titanium, tantalum, cobalt-based alloy, or the like.

In this embodiment, the filter screen 202 may be formed by bonding, sewing, etc. between planar filter screens, or may be directly formed by mechanical cutting, etc.

Further, the filter net 202 may be a single layer structure or a combination of multiple layers of filter nets, and the multiple layers of filter nets are combined by means of sewing, gluing, and the like.

In this embodiment, the filter screen 202 is disposed outside the support frame, and the filter screen 202 and the corresponding support frame may be connected to each other by one or more methods such as sewing, gluing, hot pressing, ultrasonic welding, laser welding, or high-frequency welding.

Optionally, the filter screen 202 may be an elastic filter screen or a non-elastic filter screen.

Optionally, the aperture size of the mesh of the filter screen 202 may be 50 μm to 250 μm, preferably 60 μm to 200 μm, and more preferably 100 μm to 150 μm; the diameter of the distal end of the filter screen 202 is 25mm to 50mm, the diameter of the proximal end of the filter screen 202 is 20mm to 40mm, and the extension length of the filter screen 202 in the axial direction thereof is 50mm to 120 mm.

With continued reference to fig. 2 and 3, in the present embodiment, the pushing rod 22 has a through lumen, through which a corresponding guide wire 30 can be passed, to match the guide wire 30 used in TAVR surgical delivery. As an alternative embodiment, the push rod 22 may also be a solid rod with a certain rigidity. The push rod 22 with the inner cavity can reach the aortic arch area through the guidance of the guide wire 30 during the process of releasing the embolus deflector 20; while the solid push rod 22 allows the embolic deflector 20 to reach the aortic arch region by a force applied proximally to the push rod 22 or proximally to the sheath 21.

Alternatively, the push rod 22 may be stainless steel, nitinol, polymeric tubing or rod.

Optionally, the push rod 22 may have an equal diameter structure with a uniform outer diameter from the proximal end to the distal end or a diameter-variable structure with a thick proximal end and a thin distal end, and when the push rod 22 with the diameter-variable structure is adopted, the outer diameter of the push rod 22 gradually increases from the distal end to the proximal end.

Further, the distal end of the pushing rod 22 has a special shaping process, such as carving or stamping, to adapt to the shape of the aortic arch by shaping different bending angles, so as to help the supporting frames 201a and 201b and/or the filtering net 202 of the embolic deflector 20 to better conform to the characteristics of the blood vessel and better fit the wall of the aortic arch.

Further, the distal end of the push rod 22 may be connected to one of the support frames 201a, 201b, or both support frames 201a, 201b, i.e., the push rod 22 may be connected to the distal and/or proximal end of the embolic deflector 20. The hinged connection between the pushing rod 22 and the support frames 201a, 201b can be adopted, the connection part can rotate freely, the connection mode can enable the pushing rod 22 and the support frames 201a, 201b to move relatively, and the hinged connection structure is characterized in that the embolus deflector 20 can be adapted to the curvature of the blood vessel freely after being released into the aortic arch and is not influenced by the change of the pushing rod 22. Between push rod 22 and support frame 201a, 201b can be for adopting mode fixed connection such as laser welding, glue bonding or hot pressing, also can adopt modes such as buckle connection, hinged joint or riveting to dismantle the connection, the utility model discloses do not do the restriction.

Alternatively, the sheath 21 may have a single-layer structure or a multilayer structure, and the sheath 21 may be woven from a polymer material or a metal material, or may be woven from a mixture of a polymer and a metal material. Of course, the sheath 21 may also have a multi-layer composite structure, and the intermediate layer is formed by weaving or/and winding one or more metal wires, or by weaving or/and winding one or more polymer wires, or by weaving or/and winding one or more metal wires and polymer wires in a mixed manner, or by manufacturing one or more metal tubes and/or polymer tubes by carving or punching, etc., without limitation.

In this embodiment, the handle 23 is further provided with an access port for the contrast catheter 40, and when the embolic deflector 20 is released, the contrast catheter 40 can enter the sheath 21 from the access port for the contrast catheter 40 through the handle 23 and reach the release position of the embolic deflector 20 along the sheath 21 to check whether the embolic deflector 20 is released in place. The contrast catheter 40 and the push rod 22 are equivalent to the same outer sheath 21, the design is simple and convenient to operate, the blood vessel can be protected, the function of the embolus deflector 20 is expanded, and the complexity of the operation is further reduced.

Example two

Fig. 5 is a schematic view of the overall structure of embolic deflector 20 according to the present embodiment. As shown in fig. 5, unlike the first embodiment, in the present embodiment, the support frame 201a extends in the circumferential direction of the filter screen 202 and forms a non-closed ring shape in the circumferential direction of the filter screen 202, and the support frame 201b extends in the circumferential direction of the filter screen 202 and forms a closed ring shape in the circumferential direction of the filter screen 202. That is, the planar shape of the supporting frame 201a is a non-closed ring shape, and the planar shape of the supporting frame 201b is a closed ring shape.

Specifically, the planar shape of the supporting frame 201a is a non-closed semicircular ring, and the planar shape of the supporting frame 201b is a closed circular ring, that is, the supporting frame 201a is a semicircular arc. After the embolus deflector 20 is released, the upper half part of the filter screen 202 can be supported into a curved surface by the support frame 201a and the support frame 201b, and can still be well attached to the curved surface of the aortic arch wall, so that the function of covering three branch vessels of the brain is achieved. In addition, since the planar shape of the support frame 201a is a non-closed semicircular ring, when the shape of the proximal end of the ascending aorta is complicated or even uneven, the shape of the open support frame 201a can be easily adjusted to prevent damage to the blood vessel, and also prevent the situation that the filter screen 202 cannot be opened due to the support frame 201a being stuck by the blood vessel.

It can be seen that the embolic deflector 20 provided by the present embodiment can better adapt to blood vessels with different sizes and shapes, and the planar shape of the support frame 201b is still a closed ring shape, which can ensure the support effect on the filter screen 202.

It can be understood that the present invention is not limited to the planar shape of the supporting frame 201a being a non-closed ring shape, the planar shape of the supporting frame 201b being a closed ring shape, and the planar shape of the supporting frame 201a being a closed ring shape, the planar shape of the supporting frame 201b being a non-closed ring shape; in this way, the embolic deflector 20 can better accommodate more complex and even rugged shapes of the distal portion of the descending aorta.

Of course, the non-closed ring shape in the present invention is not limited to the non-closed semicircular ring, but may be a non-closed 2/3 circular ring, a non-closed semicircular elliptical ring, or a U-shaped ring, etc., which are not illustrated herein.

EXAMPLE III

Fig. 6 is a schematic view of the overall structure of embolus deflector 20 provided in this embodiment. As shown in fig. 6, unlike the first and second embodiments, in the present embodiment, the supporting frames 201a and 201b both extend along the circumferential direction of the filter screen 202, and form a non-closed ring shape in the circumferential direction of the filter screen 202, that is, the planar shapes of the supporting frames 201a and 201b are both non-closed ring shapes.

Specifically, the planar shapes of the supporting frames 201a and 201b are both non-closed semicircular rings, that is, the supporting frames 201a and 201b are both semicircular arcs. After the embolic deflector 20 is released, the support frames 201a and 201b can support at least the upper half of the filter screen 202 as a curved surface, so that the filter screen 202 is well attached to the curved surface of the aortic arch wall, and the function of covering three branch vessels of the brain is achieved. In addition, since the planar shapes of the support frames 201a and 201b are both non-closed semicircular rings, when the shapes of the proximal end of the ascending aorta and the distal end of the descending aorta are both complicated and even uneven, the open support frames 201a and 201b can be easily adjusted to prevent damage to the blood vessel, and also prevent the situation that the filter screen 202 cannot be opened due to the support frames 201a and 201b being stuck by the blood vessel.

Compared with the first embodiment and the second embodiment, the embolic deflector 20 provided by the present embodiment can better adapt to blood vessels of different sizes and shapes, and the overall volume of the embolic deflector 20 is smaller under the condition that the filter screens have the same size.

It should be understood that the non-closed ring shape in the present invention is not limited to the non-closed semicircular ring, but may be a non-closed 2/3 circular ring, a non-closed semicircular elliptical ring, or a U-shaped ring, etc., which are not illustrated herein.

Example four

Fig. 7 is a schematic view of the overall structure of embolic deflector 20 according to the present embodiment. As shown in fig. 7, unlike the first, second and third embodiments, in this embodiment, a support frame 201c is further provided between the distal end and the proximal end of the embolus deflector 20.

Specifically, support bracket 201c is located at the center of embolic deflector 20, and support brackets 201a, 201b, 201c are arranged in parallel and coaxial. Support frame 201c may increase the support force of the support frame, thereby enhancing the stability of embolic deflector 20.

Of course, support frame 201c is not limited to being located at the center of embolic deflector 20, but can be located anywhere between the proximal and distal ends of embolic deflector 20, and is not illustrated here.

It should be understood that the planar shape of the supporting frame 201c may be a closed ring shape or a non-closed ring shape, and the planar shapes of the supporting frames 201a, 201b, 201c may be rings with the same shape, or rings with different shapes, which is not limited by the present invention.

Of course, the number of the supporting frames is not limited to 3, 4, 5, or 6, and the number of the supporting frames is preferably 2 to 4, since the supporting force of the supporting frame can be increased by a large number of the supporting frames, but the deformation capability of the supporting frame is reduced.

To sum up, in the utility model provides an among embolus deflector and embolus deflection system, the filter screen is tubulose and both ends opening, and braced frame includes two at least support frames along the axial distribution of filter screen, and the tubulose filter screen can be better with the curved surface laminating of aortic arch wall to three branch's blood vessels of better cover brain prevent that the embolus from escaping from embolus deflector and vascular gap department, improved the embolus steering rate, reduced the risk that the embolus flows to the cerebral blood vessel and leads to cerebral apoplexy.

Furthermore, the plane shape of the support frame is a closed ring shape, so that the support frame has better supporting force and can prevent the displacement of the embolus deflector released in the aortic arch caused by pulse contraction and high-flow blood scouring.

Furthermore, the planar shape of the support frame is a non-closed ring shape, so that the support frame can be better suitable for blood vessels with different sizes and shapes, and the situations that the blood vessel is damaged or clamped or a filter screen cannot be opened and the like caused by the support frame can be prevented.

Furthermore, the support frame with the planar shape of a closed ring and the support frame with the planar shape of a non-closed ring are combined for use, so that the embolus deflector has the advantages of high supporting force and strong adaptability.

Furthermore, the support frames are arranged at the far end and the near end of the filter screen, so that the tubular filter screen can be well supported; the support frames are further arranged between the far end and the near end of the filter screen, so that the number of the support frames is increased, and the support stability is further improved.

Furthermore, the embolus deflector and the embolus deflecting system enter the way from the femoral artery, the complexity of the operation is reduced, the instrument design is simple, the size is small, the conveying and releasing mode is simple and convenient to operate, the opening of the femoral artery is small, and the complication of the operation is reduced.

Furthermore, the handle is provided with an entrance and an exit of the radiography conduit, the radiography conduit can enter the sheath tube from the entrance and the exit of the radiography conduit and reach a set position through the sheath tube, which is equivalent to the fact that the radiography conduit and the push rod use the same sheath tube, the function of the embolus deflector is expanded, and the complexity of the operation is further reduced.

The above description is only for the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and does not limit the present invention. Any technical personnel who belongs to the technical field, in the scope that does not deviate from the technical scheme of the utility model, to the technical scheme and the technical content that the utility model discloses expose do the change such as the equivalent replacement of any form or modification, all belong to the content that does not break away from the technical scheme of the utility model, still belong to within the scope of protection of the utility model.

Claims (10)

1. The bolt deflector is characterized by comprising a supporting frame and a filter screen arranged on the supporting frame;

the filter screen is for tubulose and both ends opening, braced frame includes along the axial distribution's of filter screen two at least support frames.

2. The embolic deflector of claim 1, wherein said filter mesh comprises a distal end and a proximal end, both of said distal end and said proximal end being provided with said support frame.

3. The embolic deflector of claim 1 or 2, wherein said filter mesh comprises a distal end and a proximal end, said support frame being disposed between said distal end and said proximal end.

4. The embolic deflector of claim 1, wherein the number of support frames is 2-4.

5. The embolic deflector of claim 1 or 4, wherein all of said support frames are coaxially disposed.

6. The embolic deflector of claim 1, wherein at least one of said support frames extends circumferentially of said filter mesh and forms a closed loop circumferentially of said filter mesh.

7. The embolic deflector of claim 1 or 6, wherein at least one of said support frames extends in a circumferential direction of said filter mesh and forms a non-closed loop in the circumferential direction of said filter mesh.

8. The emboli deflector of claim 1, wherein the filtering mesh comprises a distal end and a proximal end, the mesh opening of the filtering mesh is 50 μm to 250 μm in diameter, the distal end of the filtering mesh is 25mm to 50mm in diameter, the proximal end of the filtering mesh is 20mm to 40mm in diameter, and the filtering mesh extends in its axial direction by 50mm to 120mm in length.

9. An emboli deflection system comprising a push rod and an emboli deflector as defined in any of claims 1-8, said emboli deflector comprising a distal end and a proximal end, said push rod being connected to the distal and/or proximal end of said emboli deflector.

10. The embolic deflection system of claim 9, further comprising a handle and an outer sheath, the handle coupled to the outer sheath and a proximal end of the push rod, the push rod disposed within and extending through the outer sheath, the push rod and the outer sheath having a gap therebetween for receiving the compressed embolic deflector.

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