A method of retrieving a retrievable device and an assembly of the retrievable device and a retrieving element

An assembly of a retrieving element and a retrievable device, wherein:

• the retrievable device has one of a male element and a female element and
• the retrieving element has the other of the male element and the female element, where:
• the male element has a first, outer, surface part defining a first thread having a predetermined direction of rotation around a longitudinal axis of the male element and
• the female element has a second, inner, surface part defining a second thread configured to mate with the first thread, the second thread having the predetermined direction of rotation around a longitudinal axis of the female element, and
• wherein at least one of the male element and the female element has a main part and a protruding part protruding from the main part, the main part having the surface part defining the pertaining first or second thread, the protruding part extending at least partly around the longitudinal axis of the pertaining male or female part and away from the main part, the direction of rotation of the protruding part being the same as the direction of rotation of the pertaining first or second thread of the pertaining male or female part,
• characterized in that the retrievable device comprises a guidewire extending from the retrievable device to and through the retrieving element.