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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2018
Applicant:
Muffin Incorporated, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Inventors:
Neal E. Fearnot, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Peter S. Mckinnis, Carrboro, NC (US);
Kasper Klausen, Lille Skensved, DK;
Assignee:
Muffin Incorporated, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61F 2/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/0841 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/463 (2013.01); A61B 8/5238 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2063 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2065 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3784 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3788 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3925 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02); A61F 2/011 (2020.05); A61F 2002/016 (2013.01); A61F 2230/005 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0067 (2013.01); A61F 2230/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described are methods and systems and system components useful for percutaneously delivering or retrieving vascular implant devices, such as filters, utilizing intravenous ultrasound (IVUS) imaging alone or in combination with external (e.g. transabdominal) ultrasound or other imaging technology. Implants deliverable by such systems, such as vena cava or other vascular filters, can have two or more echogenic markers spaced at such a distance that they are separately discernible by IVUS and/or external ultrasound imaging.