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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2019
Stryker Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);
Michael P. Wallace, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Robert J. Garabedian, Mountain View, CA (US);
Gavin P. Wallace, Pleasanton, CA (US);
STRYKER CORPORATION, Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
A mechanical thrombectomy apparatus for removing a clot from a vessel includes an elongate inversion support catheter having a distal end opening, an elongate puller extending within the support catheter, and a knitted tractor tube extending over an outer surface of the support catheter, inverting into the distal end opening of the support catheter, and attached to the elongate puller at a first end within the support catheter, wherein the portion of the knitted tractor tube extending over the support catheter comprises a wire forming a helical spiral of alternating teardrop shaped-links each having a rounded apex, wherein each link is connected to two adjacent links so that the apex of each link is on an outward-facing surface of the tractor tube, wherein the links flare outward from an outer wall of the support catheter when the puller is pulled proximally within the support catheter.