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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2016
Cook Medical Technologies Llc, Bloomington, IN (US);
James C Merk, Terre Haute, IN (US);
Dean R Puckett, Bloomington, IN (US);
Darin J Voorhies, Bloomington, IN (US);
Brent A Mayle, Spencer, IN (US);
Keith R Milner, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Abstract
A method of treating a thrombus is provided wherein a device is advanced to the vicinity of the thrombus, a thrombolytic agent is applied to the thrombus, and an expandable basket of the device is expanded to capture at least a portion of the thrombus within the expandable basket. The device includes a catheter having a distal portion, a lumen and a plurality of openings on the outer surface of the catheter, through which the thrombolytic agent is supplied. The device further includes a sheath and may include a collar which assists in expanding the expandable basket as the sheath is moved relative to the catheter.