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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2019
Applicant:
C. R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Andrzej J. Chanduszko, Chandler, AZ (US);
Joshua A. Smale, Tempe, AZ (US);
Assignee:
C. R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/01 (2013.01); A61F 2002/016 (2013.01); A61F 2230/005 (2013.01); A61F 2230/008 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0058 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0093 (2013.01);
Abstract
A filter formed from a sheet is described herein. In one aspect of the invention, a filter is formed from a sheet of material and, following removal of portions of the sheet, the filter is folded into a shape for insertion into a blood vessel. In another aspect of the invention, features for a filter are formed from a sheet of material and incorporated into the filter.