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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 1994
Filed:
May. 28, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dusan Pavcnik, Slovenija, 65000, YU;
Sidney Wallace, Houston, TX (US);
Kenneth C Wright, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606200 ;
Abstract
A flexible vena cava filter comprises a flexible stent having a plurality of flexible wire segments attached across the ends of the stent. The filter is resiliently compressible for percutaneous insertion into a fluid passageway and expands against the passageway upon placement therein. The filter includes different levels of filtration.
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