CROSSOVER RETRIEVABLE MEDICAL FILTER

A retrievable medical filter which can be placed in a blood vessel or other body passage. The filter has improved structural features for enhancing its filter effectiveness and to facilitate its retrieval from the body passage. The filter has a longitudinal spine with struts extending from each long...

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Main Authors KINST THOMAS FRANK, FLEMING JAMES A, SILVER JAMES H
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 06.11.2008
Subjects
BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS
DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS
FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS
FIRST-AID KITS
FOMENTATION
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES
PROSTHESES
TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Summary:A retrievable medical filter which can be placed in a blood vessel or other body passage. The filter has improved structural features for enhancing its filter effectiveness and to facilitate its retrieval from the body passage. The filter has a longitudinal spine with struts extending from each longitudinal to form filter baskets. The ends of the spine to which the struts are attached may be rings with serpentine cuts in the rings to make them expandable. The struts can extend circumferentially as well as radially outwardly to provide a structure which can be radially compressed without bending the struts in a tight radius.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20070742790