Recovery catheter assembly
AssigneeNfusion Vascular Systems, LLC
InventorsRichard Eustis Fulton, III, Richard Lotti
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Abstract
An example of recovery catheter assembly comprises an actuator element and a mechanically radially expandable and contractible recovery device operably connected to the actuator element. The recovery device has proximal and distal blocking portions and a central portion therebetween. The recovery device is at least partially placeable in a first, radially collapsed configuration and in a second, radially expanded configuration by manipulation of the actuator element. When in the second, radially expanded configuration, the proximal and distal blocking portions have radial dimensions greater than the radial dimension of the central portion thereby at least partially defining a collection chamber at the central portion.
Claims15
A recovery catheter assembly comprising:
- a first actuator element;
- a second actuator element;
- a mechanically radially expandable and contractible recovery device operably connected to the first actuator element and the second actuator element, the recovery device having a proximal end operably connected to the first actuator element and a distal end operably connected to the second actuator element;
- the recovery device comprising a proximal blocking portion and a distal blocking portion, the proximal blocking portion comprising a proximal toroidal blocking balloon and the distal blocking portion comprising a distal toroidal blocking balloon;
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- a central portion extending between the proximal and distal blocking portions,
- wherein the recovery device is at least partially placeable in a first, radially collapsed configuration, and in a second, radially expanded configuration by manipulation of the first actuator element and the second actuator element so that when in the second, radially expanded configuration the proximal and distal blocking portions have radial dimensions greater than the radial dimension of the central portion thereby at least partially defining a collection chamber at the central portion, the manipulation of the first actuator element and the second actuator element comprises movement of the first actuator element and the second actuator element with respect to the recovery device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.