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US 2009/0105722 A1Published application
Devices and methods for embolus removal during acute ischemic stroke
AssigneeMindframe, Inc.
InventorsJohn Fulkerson, David A. Ferrera
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Abstract
Devices, methods, and systems facilitate and enable treatment of ischemic stroke. More specifically, a tethered basket-like system operates in conjunction with a microcatheter system, to provide arterial support and capture emboli.
Claims20
An improved device for the removal of emboli comprising:
- a mesh capturer/basket having at least an undeployed state and a deployed state, the mesh capturer being inserted into the neurovasculature in an undeployed state and removed from the microvasculature in its retracted state;
- wherein the mesh capturer is deployed into its deployed state distal to an embolus and advanced proximally until the embolus is substantially contained within the mesh capturer;
- wherein the mesh capturer/basket is deployed above the subclavian artery and common carotid artery.
A method for removing an embolus comprising:
- inserting a microcatheter distal to an embolus;
- inserting a embolus capture device distal to the microcatheter distal to the embolus;
- deploying the embolus capture device;
- retracting the deployed embolus capture device until the embolus is substantially contained within the embolus capture device;
- and
- removing the embolus capture device.
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