Patent ID: 9393096
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. A deployment arrangement comprising a perforated filter device and a delivery catheter therefor, the catheter having a delivery end, and the filter device having an open end and a closed end, the deployment arrangement having a delivery configuration with the open end of the filter device having a shorter distance from the delivery end of the catheter than a distance of the closed end from the delivery end of the catheter, the closed end disposed within the catheter, with the filter device being detached from or releasably attached to the catheter, wherein the deployment arrangement has a deployed configuration, wherein the filter device is everted upon deployment from the delivery end of the catheter such that the open end of the filter is closer to the delivery end of the catheter relative to the closed end and the closed end is disposed outside of the catheter, and wherein the filter device is self-expanding, whereby, after eversion and deployment from the catheter, the open end is detached from the catheter and the filter device including the open end self-expands against the interior walls of a body lumen.