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Retrievable intravascular filter with bendable anchoring members

  • US 20060015137A1
  • Filed: 07/19/2004
  • Published: 01/19/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A retrievable intravascular filter, comprising:

  • an apical head;

    a plurality of elongated filter legs actuatable between a collapsed position and an expanded position within a blood vessel; and

    one or more bendable anchoring members configured to releasably secure the elongated filter legs to the wall of the blood vessel, each of said one or more anchoring members including a coiled member being configured to selectively bend in response to an external force applied thereto.

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