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Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026

Filed:

Apr. 22, 2022
Applicant:

Vetex Medical Ltd, Galway, IE;

Inventors:

Con O'brien, Galway, IE;

Shane Molloy, Galway, IE;

John Egan, Galway, IE;

Mark Bruzzi, Galway, IE;

Assignee:

Vetex Medical Limited, Galway, IE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 17/221 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/221 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2212 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2215 (2013.01);
Abstract

A thrombectomy device () for removing matter from a body lumen comprising a handle (), a catheter member () extending from the handle () having a distal control arm () and a proximal control arm (), a radially expansible member () on the distal control arm radially expansible between a contracted position and an expanded, thrombus-capture, position in response to axial movement of the distal control arm (); and a thrombus extraction mechanism () extending through the distal control arm () wherein the extraction mechanism () and the distal control arm () are coupled to enjoy a synchronised axial movement so that the extraction mechanism () is positionally axially fixed with respect to the distal control arm ().


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