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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2023
Avantec Vascular Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Plaridel Villareal, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Nicholas DeBeer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Frank Becking, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Karl Halden, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Teresa Ruvalcaba, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
AVANTEC VASCULAR CORPORATION, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for retrieving a foreign body from a vasculature are provided. The devices can be Funnel-trap type retrieval devices. The devices can include a compressible support member extending from the distal end of an elongate shaft, the compressible support member having an expanded configuration, a compressed configuration, a plurality of independent elongate support elements that have a memory for the funnel-shaped expanded configuration, and a cover material that covers the compressible support member and forms a pocket configured for capturing the foreign body in the interior of the compressible support member.