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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2016
Cook Medical Technologies Llc, Bloomington, IN (US);
Kasper Klausen, Lille Skensved, DK;
Steen Aggerholm, St. Heddinge, DK;
COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides for a double cone filter and a delivery apparatus for deploying the filter within the body. The filter may have superior and inferior rings connected to each other by a plurality of connectors. The rings may have a first degradation rate, and the connectors may have a second degradation rate. The second degradation rate may be faster than the first degradation rate, such that the connectors degrade faster than the rings. In this way, the filter has a filtering state when the connectors are present. After the connectors degrade or partially degrade, the rings may relax against the vessel wall in an open state. After a sufficient length of time, the rings also degrade such that the filter is completely removed from the body.