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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
May. 10, 2017
Adient Medical, Inc., Pearland, TX (US);
Mitchell Eggers, Pearland, TX (US);
Jeremy Durack, Pearland, TX (US);
Joseph Steele, Pearland, TX (US);
Michael Hogan, Pearland, TX (US);
Raymond Kirk, Pearland, TX (US);
David Franklin, Pearland, TX (US);
ADIENT MEDICAL, INC., Pearland, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates generally to a method and apparatus for deploying and/or retrieving a vena cava filter in a vena cava using a system configured to: (i) maintain grip of the unsheathed filter in the vena cava until deliberately released, (ii) prevent premature release of the filter in the vena cava, and/or (iii) facilitate retrieval by first everting the filter, then withdrawing the filter through a guiding catheter (e.g., retrieval via eversion).