# US 10,441,404 B2 · Embolectomy devices

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- Number: US 10,441,404 B2
- Document ID: US10441404B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/270,635
- Filed: 2016-09-20
- Published: 2017-03-23
- Granted: 2019-10-15
- Earliest claimed: 2015-09-21
- Assignees: Stryker Corporation; Stryker European Holdings I, LLC
- Applicants: Stryker Corporation; Stryker European Holdings I, LLC
- Inventors: Garvin Leon-Yip
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10441404B2

## CPC

- A61B 17/221: Gripping devices in the form of loops or baskets {for gripping calculi or similar types of obstructions (surgical snare instruments A61B17/32056)}
- A61B 2017/00477: {Coupling (A61B2017/0046 takes precedence)}
- A61B 2017/22034: {for gripping the obstruction or the tissue part from inside}
- A61B 2017/2215: {having an open distal end}
- A61F 2/011: {Instruments for their placement or removal}
- A61F 2002/016: {made from wire-like elements}
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)
- A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C)

## Abstract

An embolectomy device includes a clot engaging structure comprising a plurality of interconnected struts forming an open cell structure, and further includes an attachment structure configured to advance and retract the clot engaging structure out of, and back into, respectively, the open distal end of a delivery catheter, the attachment structure comprising an elongated support member attached to one or more struts of the clot engaging structure only at locations on each of the respective one or more struts that are distal of a proximal end of the clot engaging structure.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An embolectomy device, comprising:
a delivery catheter having a lumen in communication with an open distal end;
a clot engaging structure comprising a plurality of interconnected struts forming an open cell structure, the open cell structure comprising a plurality of diagonally disposed cell structures, the clot engaging structure having a proximal end portion that terminates at a proximal end; and
an attachment structure configured to advance and retract the clot engaging structure out of, and back into, respectively, the distal end opening of the delivery catheter within a targeted blood vessel, the attachment structure comprising an elongated support member attached to one or more struts of the clot engaging structure, the elongated support member having a distal end portion that terminates at a distal end,
wherein the distal end of the elongated support member is attached to one or more struts of the clot engaging structure only at locations on each of the respective one or more struts that are distal of the proximal end of the clot engaging structure, so that withdrawal forces are exerted to the locations distal of the proximal end of the clot engaging structure when retracted.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The embolectomy device of claim 1, wherein the one or more struts comprise a plurality of struts of the clot engaging structure attached to the elongated support member.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The embolectomy device of claim 1, wherein the elongated support member comprises a flexible wire.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The embolectomy device of claim 1, wherein the one or more struts of the clot engaging structure are directly attached to the elongated support member.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The embolectomy device of claim 1, the attachment structure further comprising a distal end coupler connected to the elongated support member, wherein the one or more struts of the clot engaging structure are attached to the distal end coupler and thereby indirectly attached to the elongated support member.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The embolectomy device of claim 1, the clot engaging structure having an axial length, when the most proximal attachment location of any strut to the elongated support member is distal of at least about twenty percent of the axial length of the clot engaging structure.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The embolectomy device of claim 6, when the location of the most proximal attachment point of any strut of the clot engaging structure to the elongated support member is at or approximately at a midpoint of the axial length of the clot engaging structure.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The embolectomy device of claim 1, wherein a plurality of struts defining the proximal end of the clot engaging structure are connected to a proximal end connector ring having a lumen through which the elongated support member extends.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The embolectomy device of claim 8, wherein the proximal end connector ring comprises or is otherwise coupled to a radiopaque marker.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The embolectomy device of claim 8, wherein the elongated support member is translatable relative to the proximal end connector ring, the attachment structure further comprising a bumper fixedly attached to the elongated support member distal of the proximal end connector ring, such that the bumper prevents translation of the elongated support member in a proximal direction relative to the clot engaging structure beyond a relative position in which the bumper engages the proximal end connector ring.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The embolectomy device of claim 1, wherein the withdrawal forces from the elongated support member do not collapse the cell structures and/or reduce a profile of the clot engaging structure.