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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2013
Crux Biomedical, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Eric Johnson, Woodside, CA (US);
Thomas J. Fogarty, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Frank Arko, Plano, TX (US);
Jeff Elkins, Woodside, CA (US);
Martin Seery, San Rafael, CA (US);
Crux Biomedical, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment of the present invention there is provided an implantable filter. The filter can include a first support member having a first end and a second end; a second support member positioned adjacent the first support member to form an open loop between the first end and the second end of the first support member; a wrapping material wrapped around a portion of the first support member and a portion of the second support member that forms the open loop; and a filtering structure attached to the open loop by the wrapping material.