Patent ID: 9125728
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M

Abstract:
1. A vena cava filter apparatus, comprising: a. a multi-lumen catheter body having a first open port associated with a first fluid flow lumen and a second open port associated with a second fluid flow lumen; b. a filter member positioned substantially intermediate the first open port and the second open port such that the first open port is proximal the filter member and the second open port is distal the filter member, the filter member having a diametrically enlarged central opening which opens toward a patient's blood flow in an expanded state, wherein the diametrically enlarged central opening can transition to a collapsed state; c. at least one infusion port associated with at least one infusion lumen in the multi-lumen catheter body and positioned within an area of the multi-lumen catheter body bounded by the filter member, wherein the at least one infusion port further comprises a plurality of infusion ports arrayed along a longitudinal axis and a circumferential axis of the multi-lumen catheter body; and d. a clot management device distal the filter member, wherein the clot management device comprises a basket disposed on a distal end of a central shaft, the basket includes a deployed configuration having a diameter sized for a vena cava, wherein the basket transitions to the deployed configuration distal the filter member as the filter member transitions to the collapsed state by operation of a plurality of wires positioned within the filter member and projecting from the multi-lumen catheter body and pointing coaxially and distally away from the multi-lumen catheter body, and the plurality of wires are pushed coaxially towards the multi-lumen catheter body as to detect a clot in the filter member in the collapsed state.