Blood filter
AssigneeCook Medical Technologies LLC
InventorChristoph Andreas Binkert
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Abstract
A filter unit (3) for inserting into a blood vessel (1) is disclosed, the filter unit (3) comprising: —a stent-like body (2) having a superior end (4) and a inferior end (5), the stent-like body (2) being able to expand in order to engage a wall of the blood vessel (1), —two cone-shaped units (6, 7) each having a base opening (8, 9) and a tip (10, 11), one base opening (8) being operatively connected to the superior end (4) of the stent-like body (2), the other base opening (9) being operatively connected to the inferior end (5) of the stent-like body (2), wherein the tips (10, 11) of the cone-shaped units (6, 7) point towards each other.
Claims13
A filter unit for inserting into a blood vessel, the filter unit comprising:
- a stent-like body having a superior end and a inferior end, the stent-like body being able to expand in order to engage a wall of the blood vessel;
- and,
- two cone-shaped units each having a base opening and a tip, one base opening being operatively connected to the superior end of the stent-like body, the other base opening being operatively connected to the inferior end of the stent-like body, wherein the tips of the cone-shaped units point towards each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.