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Intravascular filter and method

  • US 6,544,280 B1
  • Filed: 11/27/2000
  • Issued: 04/08/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/24/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A filter assembly, comprising:

  • a catheter including an elongate shaft having a proximal end and a distal end;

    a housing disposed at the distal end of the elongate shaft;

    an elongate wire extending at least in part through the catheter, the wire having a proximal end and a distal end;

    a filter disposed at the distal end of the wire; and

    a housing insert disposed within the housing, the housing insert having a distally disposed atraumatic tip.

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