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Body vessel filter

  • US 6,231,589 B1
  • Filed: 03/22/1999
  • Issued: 05/15/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/22/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A filter assembly deployable in the lumen of a vessel, the filter assembly comprising an elongated support having distal and proximal ends, a core attached to the elongated support proximally of the distal end of the support and having a central axis, and a plurality of flexible, resilient wires extending distally from the core to define a filter element and terminating distally of the distal end of the support, each wire having a proximal portion attached to the core to define an apex and a distal portion extending distally from the core, and a flexible hollow tether having a distal end portion locked to the proximal end of the elongated support to enable a fluid to be ejected distally of the filter apex.

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