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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2010
Applicant:
Luis F. Angel, San Antonio, TX (US);
Inventor:
Luis F. Angel, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
Bio2 Medical, Inc., Golden, CO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/013 (2013.01); A61F 2002/016 (2013.01); A61F 2230/008 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0093 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vascular filter assembly includes a catheter body having a self-expanding filter member coupled thereto. A sheath is disposed directly over the self-expanding filter member such that the self-expanding filter member is at least partially constrained from expansion in a first configuration within an interior space defined between the sheath and the catheter body. The sheath includes at least one aperture disposed through a wall thereof.