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Minimally invasive medical device deployment and retrieval system

  • US 7,578,830 B2
  • Filed: 11/16/2004
  • Issued: 08/25/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/08/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A medical device retrieval system, comprising:

  • a) a medical device comprising a vascular filter carried by a flexible, elongate shaft, the vascular filter having a proximal profile, the shaft extending proximally from the vascular filter; and

    b) a retrieval sheath slidably carried along the shaft of the medical device, the retrieval sheath having a body and a distal tip comprising a distal length of the retrieval sheath, the body having a first longitudinal axis, the distal tip having a second longitudinal axis, the distal length being no greater than 5 cm, the distal tip being bent at an angle of between about 5° and

    about 30°

    with respect to the body such that the second longitudinal axis is bent with respect to the first longitudinal axis at an angle of between about 5° and

    about 30°

    .

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