Apparatus and method for vessel occlusion removal
AssigneePerflow Medical Ltd.
InventorsDanny Farin, Gilad Cibulski, Avraham Rapaport, Itamar Bonneau
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Abstract
According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present invention there is provided a device for removal of obstructive material from a vessel comprising: an expandable structure sized for insertion into the vessel; and one or more portion protruding radially from a central longitudinal axis of the expandable structure such that a space between the protrusion and a closest portion of the expandable structure to the portion includes a radial component; wherein the space is sized and shaped to be suitable to accept obstructive material.
Claims31
A device for removal of obstructive material from a vessel comprising:
- an expandable structure sized for insertion into the vessel;
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- one or more protrusion extending radially from a central longitudinal axis of said expandable structure such that a space is generated between said one or more protrusion and a closest portion of said expandable structure;
- wherein said space is sized and shaped to be suitable to accept obstructive material;
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- wherein said expandable structure includes a woven structure having warp and weft wires, said one or more protrusion is in the form of a wire with two ends, one end of said two ends forming said weft or warp wire of said woven structure and a second end of said two ends, opposite to said one end, forming a continuation of said weft or warp wire of said woven structure.
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