Patent ID: 8518072

Claim:
An embolus filter delivery device for delivering an embolus filter to a delivery site within a human living host, comprising: a) a pusher assembly having a frame and a pusher member movable with respect to the frame, the pusher assembly having a pusher assembly end portion with a pusher assembly connector; b) an introducer sheath having, an inner lumen and that is configured to be inserted into a circulatory system of a human living host, said sheath having first and second opposed sheath ends with an embolus filter housed in said lumen in between said sheath ends, wherein one sheath end has a first sheath end connector and the second sheath end has a second sheath end connector, each end connector enabling connection to the pusher assembly frame at the pusher assembly connector; c) wherein either of said first and second sheath end connectors is selectively connectable to the pusher assembly connector; d) a connection of the pusher assembly to a selected sheath end enabling the pusher member to push the filter out of the other sheath end; e) wherein each sheath end is sized and shaped to be insertable into the circulatory system of the human living host; and f) wherein when the pusher assembly and a selected sheath end are connected together, and the sheath is inserted into the living host via jugular or femoral access, the other one of the sheath ends is a free end that defines a discharge opening into the living host's circulatory system at the vena cava and enabling discharge and placement of the embolus filter at the vena cava of the living host. g) further comprising a spline cap housed within the introducer sheath, the filter having engagement elements that are connected to the spline cap.