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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2016
Applicant:
Cook Medical Technologies Llc, Bloomington, IN (US);
Inventor:
Shuo Yang, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Assignee:
COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/01 (2006.01); B21D 28/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/01 (2013.01); B21D 28/26 (2013.01); A61F 2002/016 (2013.01); A61F 2002/018 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0095 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61F 2230/005 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0067 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0086 (2013.01); A61F 2240/001 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0039 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00023 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure describes filter devices for deployment to body vessels where clots or emboli may need to be captured, particularly the vena cava. The filter device is of unitary construction, having been cut from a substantially planar sheet of a metal, in some instances a shape memory metal. The device has a construction including a plurality of petals, the petals containing an inner rib which curves in the deployed state. A method of making a filter device is also disclosed.