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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2012
Cook Medical Technologies Llc, Bloomington, IN (US);
Grant T. Hoffman, Bloomington, IN (US);
Jeffry S. Melsheimer, Springville, IN (US);
Robert Eells, Bloomington, IN (US);
Jonathan L. Bennett, Bloomington, IN (US);
Brandon Arnett, Gosport, IN (US);
Shavonna Warren, Bloomington, IN (US);
COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Abstract
A device for inferior retrieval of a vena cava filter includes an outer sheath with a first radial window closer to the distal end than the proximal end of the outer catheter; an inner sheath generally extending movably inside the lumen of the outer sheath and having a second radial window; and a snare tool having an elongated guide element extending through the inner sheath and a snare loop distally attached to the guide element. The snare loop is extendable outward through the two radial windows.