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US 2014/0236213 A1Published application
Temporary filter retrieval apparatus and method
AssigneeBiO2 Medical, Inc.
InventorJeffrey N. Steinmetz
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Abstract
A temporary vena cava filter retrieval apparatus includes an introducer sheath for establishing access into a vessel via a patient access site and a retrieval sheath having a diameter sufficiently small to pass through the introducer sheath and sufficiently large to accommodate a partially or fully uncollapsed filter.
Claims9
A filter retrieval apparatus, comprising:
- a. an introducer sheath for establishing percutaneous access to a patient's blood vessel;
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- b. a retrieval sheath passable through the introducer sheath and capable of accommodating an at least partially uncollapsed filter therein.
-14. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.