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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2009
Applicant:
Rainer Bregulla, Balingen, DE;
Inventor:
Rainer Bregulla, Balingen, DE;
Assignee:
Abbott Laboratories Vascular Enterprises Limited, Dublin, IE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 39/00 (2006.01); A61M 29/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/01 (2006.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/01 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9522 (2013.01); A61F 2002/011 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0023 (2013.01); A61F 2002/016 (2013.01);
Abstract
As described herein, a body lumen filter is provided that includes a body configured to move between a pre-deployed state and a deployed state, a filtering structure operatively associated with the body to filter particulates, and a blending structure operatively associated with the body. The blending structure can be configured to break up at least one of the particulates.