Multi-lumen central access vena cava filter apparatus and method of using same

摘要

A method for capturing thrombus within a blood vessel, comprising the steps of: introducing a multi-lumen catheter having a filter member coupled thereto; deploying the multi lumen catheter within a blood vessel such that the filter has an enlarged diametric opening that 5 opens facing a patient's blood flow; infusing a fluid through at least one lumen in the multi lumen catheter in communication with at least one infusion port passing through the multi-lumen catheter and open to an inner spatial area bounded by the filter member.