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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventors:
Thomas L. Clubb, Hudson, WI (US);
Richard S. Kusleika, Eden Prarie, MN (US);
Kent D. Anderson, Champlin, MN (US);
Marwane S. Berrada, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/01 (2006.01); D04B 1/16 (2006.01); D04C 1/02 (2006.01); D04C 3/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/01 (2013.01); D04B 1/16 (2013.01); D04C 1/02 (2013.01); D04C 3/48 (2013.01); A61F 2/013 (2013.01); A61F 2002/018 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0006 (2013.01); A61F 2230/008 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0008 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0067 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0069 (2013.01); D10B 2509/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device for filtering emboli from blood flowing through a lumen defined by the walls of a vessel in a patient's body. The device has a filter element being expandable from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration. The filter element includes a material having pores, and the material having pores includes cylindrical wires having at least three different diameters arranged in a pattern of graduated diameters.