Medical devices with sensing characteristics for intravascular treatment sites and methods thereof
AssigneeMicroVention, Inc.
InventorsHussain Rangwala, Ronak Dholakia, Joseph Rye
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to medical devices including occlusion devices, clot retrieval systems, and stents. More particularly, the medical devices described herein measure characteristics for intravascular treatment sites. The medical devices may include pressure sensors and/or length sensors that may be used to determine the effectiveness of the medical devices during or after treatment. These sensors may be particularly helpful when used on an occlusion device or a clot removal device.
Claims20
A thrombus capture device for removing a thrombus from a patient, comprising:
- an implant body comprising a framework;
- the framework having a compressed configuration and an expanded configuration;
- a first array of force sensors positioned along a longitudinal length of the implant body;
- and,
- a computing device that receives data from the first array of force sensors and calculates a thrombus length with known longitudinal spacing between force sensors of the first array of force sensors and with increased force values from at least some of the force sensors of the first array of force sensors.
A thrombus capture system, comprising:
- an implant body having a compressed state and an expanded state;
- a first array of force sensors positioned along a longitudinal length of the implant body;
- and,
- a computing device in communication with the first array of force sensors;
- wherein the computing device executes software to determine a length of a thrombus positioned within the implant body;
- wherein the computing device calculates the length of the thrombus with known longitudinal spacing between force sensors of the first array of force sensors and with increased force values from at least some of the force sensors of the first array of force sensors.
A thrombus capture system for removing a thrombus from a patient, comprising:
- an implant body comprising a framework;
- the framework having a compressed configuration and an expanded configuration;
- and,
- a means for determining a thrombus length with known longitudinal spacing between force sensors of and with increased force values from at least some of the force sensors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.