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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2013
Argon Medical Devices, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
James F. McGuckin, Jr., Radnor, PA (US);
James E. Bressler, Langhorne, PA (US);
John H. Thinnes, Jr., Westfield, NJ (US);
Stephan A DeFonzo, Wayne, PA (US);
Lindsay L. Carter, Wayne, PA (US);
Argon Medical Devices, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A vessel filter having a first region and a second region, the filter movable between a collapsed position for delivery to the vessel and an expanded position for placement within the vessel. The first region has a filter portion having a converging region to direct particles toward the center of the filter and includes a plurality of spaced apart filter struts. The struts each have a strut height defined as a distance between a first wall and a second wall. A plurality of hooks are at the second region, the hooks having a vessel penetrating tip and a width greater than the width of the strut from which it extends such that the penetrating tip portion of the hook extends beyond the first wall.