Adient Medical, Inc.

Raymond Kirk

Michael Hogan

David Franklin

Mitchell Donn Eggers

Jeremy Durack

Joseph Steele

Mitchell Eggers

The present invention relates generally to a method and apparatus for deploying and/or retrieving an object (e.g., a vena cava filter) in a cavity (e.g., a vena cava) using a system configured to: (i) maintain grip of the unsheathed object in the cavity until deliberately released, (ii) prevent premature release of the object in the cavity, and/or (iii) facilitate retrieval by first everting said object, then withdrawing the object through a guiding catheter (e.g., retrieval via eversion).

Method and apparatus for deploying and retrieving objects in a cavity

The present invention relates generally to a method and apparatus for deploying and/or retrieving a vena cava filter in a vena cava using a system configured to: (i) maintain grip of the unsheathed filter in the vena cava until deliberately released, (ii) prevent premature release of the filter in the vena cava, and/or (iii) facilitate retrieval by first everting the filter, then withdrawing the filter through a guiding catheter (e.g., retrieval via eversion).

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Raymond Kirk