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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2015
Applicant:
C. R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Alexander W. Tessmer, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
C. R. BARD, INC., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/01 (2013.01); A61F 2002/016 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61F 2230/005 (2013.01); A61F 2230/008 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0067 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0093 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of treating a patient includes providing an implantable vessel filter including a plurality of legs and center-post, inserting the filter into a delivery assembly, and deploying the filter at a desired location in a patient's body. One or more of the legs may have a hook at a distal end thereof and the center-post includes a grooved distal section to receive the hooks. The filter legs transition from a compressed configuration to an expanded configuration during deployment.