# US 10,342,654 B2 · IVC filter with translating hooks > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,342,654 B2 - Document ID: US10342654B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/831,273 - Filed: 2017-12-04 - Published: 2018-06-07 - Granted: 2019-07-09 - Earliest claimed: 2002-02-20 - Assignees: C.R. Bard, Inc. - Applicants: C.R. Bard, Inc. - Inventors: Andrzej J. Chanduszko; Scott L. Randall; William R. Bratt - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10342654B2 ## CPC - A61F 2/0105: {Open ended, i.e. legs gathered only at one side} - A61F 2/0108: {Both ends closed, i.e. legs gathered at both ends} - A61F 2002/016: {made from wire-like elements} - A61F 2002/018: {made from tubes or sheets of material, e.g. by etching or laser-cutting} - A61F 2210/0004: bioabsorbable - A61F 2210/0014: using shape memory or superelastic materials, e.g. nitinol - A61F 2220/0016: with sharp anchoring protrusions, e.g. barbs, pins, spikes - A61F 2230/0008: elliptical or oval - A61F 2230/005: Rosette-shaped, e.g. star-shaped - A61F 2230/008: paraboloidal - A61F 2250/0067: Means for introducing or releasing pharmaceutical products into the body - A61F 2310/00017: Iron- or Fe-based alloys, e.g. stainless steel - A61F 2310/00107: Palladium or Pd-based alloys - A61F 2310/00113: Silver or Ag-based alloys - A61F 2310/00143: Iridium or Ir-based alloys - A61F 2310/00149: Platinum or Pt-based alloys - A61F 2310/00155: Gold or Au-based alloys - A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) ## Abstract A filter with translating hooks is described. The filter can include strut members having first and second struts connected by a connecting portion. A translating hook is disposed adjacent the connecting portion of the strut members, the hook including a first elongate member attached at one end to the first strut and a second elongate member attached at one end to a second strut, the opposite ends of the elongate members connected together to define a tip. The translating hooks are configured to bend toward a central axis of the filter when the filter is in a collapsed configuration for delivery to a blood vessel and recovery from a blood vessel, and away from the central axis of the filter when the filter is in an expanded configuration within a blood vessel such that the hooks engage a vessel wall. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A filter hook system comprising: a) a plurality of legs, each leg having proximal and distal leg end portions; b) first and second struts, each strut having proximal and distal strut end portions, each strut connected to a said leg distal end portion at a proximal strut end portion; c) each strut having a distal end portion connected to another strut distal end portion by a connecting portion; d) said legs including first and second elongate j g members connected to each other at the proximal leg end portions and each leg connected at the distal leg end portions to the first and second struts; and c) said first and second struts supporting one or more anchors at a position distally of the legs. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The filter hook system of claim 1 wherein in a first position the proximal leg ends protrude from a plane's first side and in a second position the proximal leg ends protrude from the plane's opposite side. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The filter hook system of claim 2 wherein the first and second struts have been adapted to connect to a hub. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The filter hook system of claim 3 wherein the connecting portion has been adapted to connect to a bridge connected to a different connecting portion. ### Claim 5 A filter hook system comprising: first and second struts connected by a connecting portion; first and second elongate members connected to each other at first ends to form a tip and connected at second ends to the first and second struts; and wherein the first and second struts define a variable included angle with a vertex on the connecting portion wherein smaller angles yield the tip situated in a plane of the struts and angle variation to larger included angles yields the tip protruding from the plane. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The filter hook system of claim 5 wherein the tip and the elongate members are biased. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The filter hook system of claim 6 wherein the tip, the elongate members, and the struts are a biased assembly. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The filter hook system of claim 7 wherein, the plane has a first side and an opposite side, and wherein in a first position the tip protrudes from the plane's first side and in a second position the tip protrudes from the plane's opposite side. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The filter hook system of claim 8 wherein the first and second struts have been adapted to connect to a hub. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The filter hook system of claim 9 wherein the hub comprises spacer wires. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The filter hook system of claim 10 wherein the connecting portion has been adapted to connect to a bridge connected to a different connecting portion. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The filter hook system of claim 11 that has been adapted for a vascular filter. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The filter hook system of claim 12 that has been adapted for a retrievable vascular filter. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The filter hook system of claim 13 wherein the hub comprises a retrieval member. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The filter hook system of claim 9 wherein the hub comprises spacer wires. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The filter hook system of claim 15 wherein the first and second struts have been adapted for a vascular filter. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The filter hook system of claim 16 wherein the first and second struts have been adapted for a retrievable vascular filter. ### Claim 18 (depends on 9) The filter hook system of claim 9 that has been adapted for a vascular filter. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The filter hook system of claim 18 that has been adapted for a retrievable vascular filter. ### Claim 20 A filter hook system comprising a biased assembly comprising: first and second struts connected by a connecting portion; first and second elongate members connected to each other at first ends to form a tip and connected at second ends to the first and second struts; wherein the first and second struts define a variable included angle with a vertex on the connecting portion wherein smaller angles yield the tip situated in a plane of the struts, the plane having a first side and an opposite side, and angle variation to larger included angles yields the tip protruding from the plane, in a first position the tip protrudes from the plane's first side in a second position the tip protrudes from the plane's opposite side, the first and second struts have been adapted to connect to a hub comprising a retrieval member and spacer wires, and the system has been adapted for a retrievable vascular filter.