Balloon catheter and methods of use thereof
AssigneeAngioSlide Ltd.
InventorsROY FEIG, GAL MEISTER, ALEX BARASH, GIL BERNSTEIN
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Abstract
A balloon catheter including a shaft and an inflatable balloon attached to the shaft, the catheter includes an open sleeve having a proximal end sealingly attached to the catheter shaft and an open distal end. The sleeve surrounds at least part of the balloon. The sleeve and the balloon are arranged such that inflating the balloon expands the sleeve into an expanded state and deflating the balloon when the sleeve is in the expanded state forms an open cavity between the sleeve and the deflated balloon and creates suction to capture and retain debris within the cavity.
Claims43
A balloon catheter comprising:
- a catheter shaft;
- an inflatable balloon attached to the catheter shaft;
- and
- an open sleeve having a proximal end sealingly attached to the catheter shaft and an open distal end, the sleeve surrounds at least part of the balloon,
- wherein the sleeve and the balloon are arranged such that inflating the balloon expands the sleeve into an expanded state and wherein deflating the balloon when the sleeve is in the expanded state forms an open cavity between the sleeve and the deflated balloon and creates suction to capture and retain debris within the cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.