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Figure 1 The FilterWire EX, consisting of a 0.014-inch steerable guidewire on which a freely rotating distal polyurethane filter is mounted, shown in its deployed configuration (top and middle) and retracted position (bottom) after being withdrawn into the delivery/retrieval sheath (white arrow). A distal nosecone (black arrow) prevents passage of the sheath beyond the wire tip
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