Apparatus and method for vessel occlusion removal
AssigneePerflow Medical Ltd.
InventorsDanny FARIN, Gilad CIBULSKI, Avraham RAPAPORT, Itamar BONNEAU
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Abstract
According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present invention there is provided a device for removal of obstructive material from a vessel comprising: an expandable structure sized for insertion into the vessel; and one or more portion protruding radially from a central longitudinal axis of the expandable structure such that a space between the protrusion and a closest portion of the expandable structure to the portion includes a radial component; wherein the space is sized and shaped to be suitable to accept obstructive material.
Claims20
A method of removal of obstructive material from a vessel comprising:
- positioning a contracted expandable structure between said obstructive material and a wall of said vessel;
- expanding said expandable structure to couple said expandable structure to said obstructive material and until said obstructive material enters into at least one space between at least one structure protruding portion and a central longitudinal axis of said expandable structure;
- removing said obstructive material from the vessel by removing said structure while continuing holding said obstructive material in said expandable structure by controlling exerting outwards force during said removing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.