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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);
Inventor:
Jeremy W. Snow, South Jordan, UT (US);
Assignee:
Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/01 (2013.01); A61F 2002/011 (2013.01); A61F 2002/016 (2013.01); A61F 2230/005 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0058 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0067 (2013.01);
Abstract
A filter, configured to be disposed within a body lumen, such as within the vasculature. The filter may include a plurality of struts, configured to interact with the body lumen wall in order to stabilize the position of the filter and to create a filtering structure. Each strut may have two or more apexes configured to contact the body lumen wall. In some embodiments the filter may be integrally formed form a single tube of material.