Devices, systems, and methods for retrieval of material from vessel lumens
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorRamon Carrillo
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Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods for retrieving clot material from a vessel lumen are disclosed herein. According to some embodiments, the present technology includes a clot retrieval device comprising a tubular mesh configured to transition between a low-profile state for delivery through a delivery catheter and an expanded state for deployment in a blood vessel at a treatment site proximate a clot. The device can include a webbing coupled to the tubular mesh and comprising a plurality of filaments coupled to and extending across a lumen of the mesh. When the device is in the expanded state within the blood vessel at the treatment site, the mesh is configured to engage peripheral portions of the clot and the webbing is configured to engage non-peripheral portions of the clot.
Claims20
A clot retrieval device for removing a clot from a blood vessel, the device comprising:
- a tubular scaffold comprising a plurality of struts interconnected at apices and defining a plurality of open cells, wherein:
- the scaffold is configured to transition between a delivery state and an expanded state,
- in the delivery state the scaffold defines a first diameter around the longitudinal axis of the tubular scaffold, and
- in the expanded state the scaffold defines a lumen and a second diameter around the longitudinal axis of the tubular scaffold, larger than the first diameter, and
- a webbing assembly coupled to the tubular scaffold and comprising a plurality of filaments, each filament of the plurality of filaments extending between respective ends, wherein each of the ends is coupled to one of the plurality of struts or one of the apices, or both, wherein:
- in the expanded state, each of the filaments span the lumen, wherein the ends of the filaments lie at a same axial location along the longitudinal axis, and
- the scaffold and the webbing assembly are configured to be advanced distally in the delivery state within a catheter through the clot, deployed distal of the clot out an end of the catheter allowing the scaffold to transition from the delivery state toward the expanded state, and with the scaffold in the expanded state withdrawn proximally to remove the clot by both:
- engagement of peripheral portions of the clot, positioned within the open cells, with the plurality of struts and apices and
- engagement of central portions of the clot, positioned within the lumen, with the webbing assembly.
A clot retrieval device, comprising:
- a tubular mesh configured to transition between a low-profile state for delivery through a delivery catheter and an expanded state for deployment in a blood vessel at a treatment site proximate a clot, the mesh defining a lumen;
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- a webbing coupled to the tubular mesh and comprising a plurality of filaments, each spanning the lumen of the mesh, wherein each filament extends between respective ends, wherein each of the ends is coupled to the tubular mesh,
- wherein, when the device is in the expanded state within the blood vessel at the treatment site, the ends of the filaments lie at a same axial location along the longitudinal axis, wherein the mesh is configured to engage peripheral portions of the clot and the webbing is configured to engage non-peripheral portions of the clot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.