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Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 22, 2020
Applicant:

Neuravi Limited, Galway, IE;

Inventor:

Stephen Whelan, Galway, IE;

Assignee:

NEURAVI LIMITED, Galway, IE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/221 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/221 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22001 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22045 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2212 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2217 (2013.01);
Abstract

A clot removal device for removing a clot from a body vessel is presented. The device can facilitate clot retrieval by expanding in such a way as to engage the clot over a significant surface area. The clot can have at least one firm portion and at least one soft portion. At least one firm portion of the clot can be pinched by a proximal portion of the device while at least one soft portion of the clot can be retained by the distal portion of the device upon extraction. However, dislodgement and removal of the clot can cause softer portions the clot to shear or break, resulting in small floating fragments of clot in the vessel no longer attached to the main clot. This device can also capture and retain sheared or expanded distal portions of the clot upon removal of the clot from a vessel.


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