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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 28, 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 a method of filtering blood flow in a lumen by positioning an open loop filter support structure within a lumen; maintaining a position of the open loop filter support structure within the lumen using radial force generated by the open loop filter support structure; and filtering blood flow in the lumen using a filter supported by the open loop filter support structure. In one aspect, there is also applying radial force generated by the open loop filter support structure along the axial dimension of the lumen.