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Implantable self-cleaning blood filters

  • US 10,213,287 B2
  • Filed: 05/14/2015
  • Issued: 02/26/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for implanting a blood filter that includes a filter portion and an anchor portion, said filter portion including an elbow portion and an extension portion, said elbow portion depending from said anchor portion, said extension portion having a proximal end that defines a bypass aperture, said extension portion including a superior face that defines a first porosity and an inferior face opposite said superior face that defines a second porosity, said first porosity being greater than said second porosity, the method comprising:

  • disposing said anchor portion in a first artery of an aortic arch;

    orienting said filter portion so that said bypass aperture is in a downstream direction of a blood flow in said aortic arch; and

    positioning said blood filter so that said superior face of said extension portion of said filter portion is in contact with a wall of said aortic arch.

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