CPC A61F 2/01 (2013.01) [A61F 2002/016 (2013.01); A61F 2002/018 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0004 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0006 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0067 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0069 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0036 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0059 (2013.01)] | 16 Claims |
1. A vascular filter device comprising:
a support for engaging a wall of a blood vessel;
a filter supported on the support and comprising a plurality of V-shaped or Y-shaped filter elements each filter element having two proximal segments connected to the support and a distal segment having a reception space at a distal end thereof configured to receive a biodegradable holder, the biodegradable holder configured to at least temporarily restrain the filter elements at a distal apex when the filter elements are across at least part of a cross-section of a blood vessel when in a filtering closed position;
wherein the distal segment extends radially outwardly at an angle to the two proximal segments; and
wherein at least one filter element extends radially outwardly with respect to a vascular filter device longitudinal axis when unconstrained.
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