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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
May. 04, 2017
Applicant:
Heartware, Inc., Miami Lakes, FL (US);
Inventor:
Gill Brent Bearnson, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Assignee:
HeartWare, Inc., Miami Lakes, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/01 (2006.01); A61M 5/172 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/01 (2013.01); A61M 5/1723 (2013.01); A61F 2002/016 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0067 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0023 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0035 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0067 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0068 (2013.01); A61M 2005/1726 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thrombus capture and lysis device including a filter sized to be implanted within a blood vessel. The filter includes a plurality of hollow elements defining a mesh sized to span an area of the blood vessel. Each of the plurality of hollow elements defines a plurality of pores being sized to allow passage of a thrombolytic drug out through the pores and to prevent a thrombus forming component from entering the pores.