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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2019
Applicant:
Stryker Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael P. Wallace, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Clifford Van, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Roy Leguidleguid, Union City, CA (US);
E. Skott Greenhalgh, Gladwyne, PA (US);
Winnie Tang, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Assignee:
Stryker Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 17/3207 (2006.01); A61M 25/06 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/22031 (2013.01); A61B 17/32075 (2013.01); A61M 25/0043 (2013.01); A61M 25/0074 (2013.01); A61M 25/0082 (2013.01); A61M 25/0662 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described herein are mechanical inverting tube apparatuses that may be used to remove clot (e.g., thrombectomy), the apparatuses including an inversion support catheter having an expandable funnel-shaped distal end, and a flexible tube that can be continuously rolled over the funnel-shaped distal end and invert into the inner lumen of the inversion support catheter.