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US 2014/0005713 A1Published application
Obstruction Removal System
AssigneeMicroVention, Inc.
InventorHeath Bowman
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Abstract
An obstruction removal device is described, having one or more engaging members which can engage portions of the clot. The one or more engaging members have a collapsed, delivery state, and an expanded, deployed state.
Claims27
An obstruction removal device comprising:
- at least one engaging member;
- at least one proximal structure connected to said at least one engaging member such that said at least one engaging member is allowed to rotate independently of said proximal structure;
- said at least one engaging member including a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration.
An obstruction removal device comprising:
- a plurality of linked engaging members;
- a proximal structure connected to at least one of said plurality of independent engaging members;
- a sheath;
- wherein said plurality of independent engaging members include a collapsed configuration when contained in said sheath and an expanded configuration when released from said sheath;
- wherein each of said engaging members assumes said collapsed and expanded configurations independently of the other engaging members..
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A method of removing an obstruction from a body lumen comprising:
- navigating a catheter to an obstruction in a body lumen containing an obstruction removal device therein, said obstruction removal device including a plurality of linked engaging members in a collapsed configuration;
- unsheathing said obstruction removal device thereby allowing a plurality of linked engaging members to assume an expanded configuration;
- retracting said obstruction removal device through said obstruction;
- resheathing said engaging members independently of distally adjacent engaging members;
- removing said obstruction removal device and said obstruction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.