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US 2014/0371781 A1Published application
Covered filter catheter apparatus and method of using same
AssigneeBiO2 Medical, Inc.
InventorJeremy Morgan
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Abstract
A combined catheter and an embolic filter, further including a porous section coupled to at least a distal portion of the filter, wherein the porous section comprises a cover member may comprise high porosity ePTFE, or a netting forming a soft basket.
Claims17
A filter for trapping thrombi in a blood vessel, the filter member comprising:
- a frame formed by a plurality of frame members joined at a frame end, the frame members extending from the frame end to a filter attachment end;
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- a filtering portion extending from the filter attachment end of the plurality of frame members, a least of portion of the filtering portion comprising a porous section made of a soft flexible material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.