Vein Filter
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Abstract
A vessel filter having a first region having a first set of struts forming a mounting portion and a filter portion having a converging region at a first portion to direct particles toward the center of the filter. The mounting portion is flared in the expanded position to have a transverse dimension increasing toward a second portion opposite the first portion. A second set of struts forms a second mounting portion flared in the expanded position. A plurality of spaced apart struts extend between the first and second regions.
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39 Claims
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1-19. -19. (canceled)
- 20. A vessel filter comprising a body cut from a tube, the body being integral and having a first region and a second region, the body movable between a collapsed position for delivery to the vessel and an expanded position for placement within the vessel, the first region having a first set of spaced apart struts forming a first filter portion having a first converging region converging into a first tubular portion and a first mounting region for mounting the filter, the second region formed by a second set of spaced apart struts, the second region having a second converging region converging into a second tubular portion axially spaced from the first tubular portion, the second set of struts being positioned proximal of the first set of struts, the first and second set of struts being connected by a plurality of longitudinally extending struts extending between the first and second tubular portions, and the first and second sets of struts extending in a first direction.
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