Retrieval system
AssigneeCeretrive Ltd.
InventorsShahar Harari, Tanhum Feld, Maysa Mustafa
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Abstract
A system for retrieving material or objects from a biological vessel is provided. the system includes an elongated braid structure configured for transitioning between collapsed and expanded states, the elongated braid structure surrounding a lumen having a distal opening when in the expanded state. The system further includes a closure wire positioned along a length of the elongated braid structure, the closure wire being actuatable to pull inward a distal portion of the elongated braid structure and thereby at least partially close the distal opening.
Claims10
A system for retrieving material or objects from a biological vessel comprising an elongated braid structure includes a plurality of helically wound wires crossing a plurality of counter-helically wound wires, said elongated braid structure configured for transitioning between collapsed and expanded states, said elongated braid structure being coated with a cover such that a suctioning force can be applied to a distal opening of a lumen thereof when said elongated braid structure is in said expanded state, wherein a distal end of said elongated braid structure forms a plurality of wire loops and further wherein said plurality of loops are angled outward with respect to a wall of said elongated braid structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.