Devices for the removal of clots

A medical device for capturing at least one corpus located in tubular organ comprising a guidewire extending along a proximal-distal direction and at least one capturing unit;

• the capturing unit
• envelops at least a distal portion of the guidewire,
• having a proximal segment and a distal segment integrally linked to one another by a deformable corpus-engaging segment, and
• at least one of the proximal or distal segments displaceable along the guidewire towards the other segment to thereby deform the corpus-engaging segment into a deformed state;
• the corpus-engaging segment comprising a plurality of flexible and deformable elongated elements extending between two ends, integral with both the distal and the proximal segments, the elongated elements, each having
• an integral, apex-forming portion in between a proximal portion adjacent the proximal segment and a distal portion adjacent the distal segment,
• a non-deformed state in which the element extends along the guidewire and adjacent thereto, and having
• a deformed state in which the element arches radially away from the guidewire defining a loop with an apex formed by the apex-forming portion;
• at least one of said elongated elements comprising at least one integral spike that
• in the non-deformed state project from the elongated element in a first direction generally parallel to the guidewire, and that
• upon deforming the elongated element into the deformed state, switches its orientation such that the spike projects in a second direction different from the first direction;
• the at least one integral spike comprising at least one proximal spike formed at the proximal portion,
• in the non-deformed state the at least one proximal spike points in the general direction of the proximal segment, and
• in the deformed state the at least one proximal spike points in the general direction of the distal segment.