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US 2014/0277013 A1Published application
Multi-Component Obstruction Removal System And Method
AssigneeMicroVention, Inc.
InventorsIvan Sepetka, Heath Bowman
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Abstract
An obstruction removal device is described having a retrieval component used to engage an obstruction within the vasculature and a sheath component that is capable of inverting to fold over the obstruction and the retrieval component. The sheath component helps contain the obstruction and minimizes trauma to the blood vessel during the removal process.
Claims20
An obstruction removal device comprising:
- a delivery device;
- a retriever slidably disposed within said delivery device and extendable out of a distal end thereof;
- and,
- a sheath positioned such that, after said retriever has captured an obstruction, said sheath is invertible over said retriever and said obstruction.
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A method of removing an obstruction from a body lumen comprising:
- navigating an obstruction retriever to an obstruction;
- capturing said obstruction with said retriever;
- inverting a sheath over said obstruction and said retriever;
- and,
- removing said obstruction from said body lumen.
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An obstruction removal device comprising:
- a first component having at least one expandable engaging member;
- and,
- a flexible second component;
- wherein said second component is associated with said first component such that said second component can be distally inverted over said first component.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.