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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2012
Frank J. Fischer, Jr., Bloomington, IN (US);
Aaron Weeks, Plano, TX (US);
Darrell Talbert, Bloomington, IN (US);
Richard J. Sacco, Graceton, PA (US);
William Teat, Bloomington, IN (US);
Gerald L. Williams, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Diana Wu, Bloomington, IN (US);
Susan Gall Sahlgren, Copenhagen, DK;
Frank J. Fischer, Jr., Bloomington, IN (US);
Aaron Weeks, Plano, TX (US);
Darrell Talbert, Bloomington, IN (US);
Richard J. Sacco, Graceton, PA (US);
William Teat, Bloomington, IN (US);
Gerald L. Williams, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Diana Wu, Bloomington, IN (US);
Susan Gall Sahlgren, Copenhagen, DK;
COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Abstract
An intravascular filter assembly has an expanded state for capturing thrombi in a patient's blood vessel and a collapsed state for removal from the patient's blood vessel. The filter assembly includes a fixed hub defining a tubular portion, a plurality of struts extending from a first axial side of the tubular portion of the fixed hub, and an axially movable hub. The struts have an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration. The axially movable hub has a first position radially surrounding at least an axial portion of the tubular portion and a second position axially spaced apart from the fixed hub along the struts. The struts are in the collapsed configuration when the movable hub is in the second position. A first coupling member extends from the first axial side from the movable hub; and a second coupling member extends from a second axial side opposite the first axial side.