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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2005
Per Hendriksen, Herlufmagle, DK;
Allan G. Hemmingsen, Jystrup, DK;
Arne Molgaard-nielsen, Oesterbro, DK;
Thomas A. Osborne, Bloomington, IN (US);
Per Hendriksen, Herlufmagle, DK;
Allan G. Hemmingsen, Jystrup, DK;
Arne Molgaard-Nielsen, Oesterbro, DK;
Thomas A. Osborne, Bloomington, IN (US);
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Abstract
The present invention involves a removable filter for capturing thrombi in a blood vessel. The filter comprises a plurality of struts having first ends attached together along a longitudinal axis of the filter. Each strut has a body member extending from the first end along the longitudinal axis to an anchoring hook defining a strut axis. Each strut is configured to move along a strut path relative to the longitudinal axis between an expanded state for engaging with the blood vessel and a collapsed state for filter delivery or retrieval. Each anchoring hook has an angle of up to about 90 degrees relative to the strut axis.