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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2017
Applicant:
Cook Medical Technologies Llc, Bloomington, IN (US);
Inventor:
Andreas Poulsen, Borup, DK;
Assignee:
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61F 2/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/12109 (2013.01); A61B 17/12145 (2013.01); A61F 2/01 (2013.01); A61F 2002/016 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0091 (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 a spiral construction, having a first loop and a second loop, with a helical portion extending helically therebetween. The first and second loops assist in the filter being self-centering within a body vessel. A method of making a filter device is also disclosed.