Vena cava filter removal device
AssigneeCook Medical Technologies LLC
InventorsLouis B. Goode, Maureen A. Secilia
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Abstract
A vascular filter retrieval device and methods of using the same are disclosed. In particular, some embodiments disclose a vascular filter retrieval device having a strut engaging member coupled to a loop. A retrieval device with an elongate member coupling a strut engaging member and loop are also disclosed. The present disclosure also provides a device having an orienting member arranged to extend at least partially around a vascular filter and orient a strut engaging member with a portion of the vascular filter. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
A device for retrieving a vascular filter having a plurality of struts from a body of a patient, comprising:
- a catheter defining a lumen;
- a loop deployable from and retractable into said lumen;
- and
- a strut engaging member coupled to said loop and defining first and second strut receiving recesses each arranged to receive at least one strut of the vascular filter.
A device for retrieving a vascular filter having a plurality of struts from a body of a patient, comprising:
- a catheter defining a lumen;
- a loop deployable from and retractable into said lumen;
- and
- an elongate member coupling a strut engaging member to said loop.
A device for retrieving a vascular filter having a plurality of struts from a body of a patient, comprising:
- an orientating member having a strut engaging member coupled thereto;
- said orientating member arranged to contact the vascular filter along at least a plurality of discrete points and orient said strut engaging member for engagement with the struts of the vascular filter;
- and
- said strut engaging member arranged to engage struts of the vascular filter and couple at least a portion of the orienting member to the vascular filter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.