IMPLANTABLE STROKE PREVENTING DEVICE

摘要

An implantable device (20) for positioning in the vicinity of the bifurcation of the common carotid artery (CCA) (38) into the internal carotid artery (ICA) (40) and the external carotid artery (ECA) (42) comprises a deflecting element (24) suitable to deflect the flow (60) of embolic material flowing in the CCA (38) toward the ICA (40), into the ECA (42).