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US 12,226,302 · App. 17/075,161 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Vena cava filter with filament

Inventors: Keith S. Harris (Chandler, AZ); Andrzej J. Chanduszko (Chandler, AZ); Joshua A. Smale (Tempe, AZ); Karen A. Diclaudio (Phoenix, AZ)
Assignee: C.R. BARD, INC.
A61F2/01A61F2/011A61F2002/016A61F2002/018A61F2/07A61F2002/075A61F2210/0004A61F2210/0014A61F2220/0016A61F2230/0006A61F2230/0067A61F2230/0091A61F2250/001
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Patent No.
US 12,226,302
App. No.
17/075,161
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vena cava filter is described, having one or more frame members or an elongated member arranged in helical fashion. A plurality of filaments connect frame members or portions of the elongated member. The filaments may be made of suture material. Hooks may be placed on a free end of the filaments, along the length thereof, or on one or more frame members to engage the blood vessel wall and anchor the filter. A retrieval member may be positioned on the filter to facilitate withdrawal of the filter from the blood vessel.

Claims (12)

1. A method of deploying a blood vessel filter in a blood vessel having a blood vessel wall, the filter comprising:

a) a circumferentially extending rounded filter frame having an open interior portion and a first maximum width;

b) multiple transverse filaments that are spaced circumferentially around said frame, said filaments spanning across the open interior portion;

c) wherein said filaments form a mesh like surface that allows fluid and blood cells to pass through but that captures blood clots;

d) a catheter having a lumen with a lumen diameter that is smaller than said first maximum width;

e) said filter frame having a deployed configuration wherein said frame is expanded into the first maximum width and a storage configuration having a storage width that is smaller than said first maximum width of said deployed configuration; and

f) one or more hooks on said frame that are positioned to anchor said frame to a blood vessel wall;

and wherein the method comprises the steps of:

moving said filter frame from said deployed configuration to said storage configuration by twisting said frame into a configuration that includes multiple rounded subsections, each said subsection having a width that is smaller than said first maximum width; and

bending the frame of the rounded subsections into a generally circular configuration that enables the filter frame to occupy said catheter lumen,

loading the filter into said catheter for delivery to the blood vessel.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the rounded filter frame is generally circular.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 21, 2021
From: HARRIS, KEITH S.; CHANDUSZKO, ANDRZEJ J.; SMALE, JOSHUA A.; DICLAUDIO, KAREN A.
To: C.R. BARD, INC.
Reel/Frame 054983/0622 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 15965347 · Apr 27, 2018
Continuation 14843913 · Sep 2, 2015
Continuation 12093814
Provisional Application 60737895 · Nov 18, 2005
Related Publication 20210100646A1 · Apr 8, 2021
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