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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2002
Claudio Javier Schönholz, Shreveport, LA (US);
Gerald Dorros, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Michael Hogendijk, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Claudio Javier Schönholz, Shreveport, LA (US);
Gerald Dorros, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Michael Hogendijk, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for treating cerebral occlusions are provided, including a thrombectomy device having at least one deployable element. The deployable element is advanced through the occlusion in a contracted state, then self-deploys distal of the occlusion or, alternatively, may be deployed to a wide range of configurations using a physician-actuated deployment knob. The thrombectomy device then may be retracted to cause the deployable element to snare the occlusion, and/or rotated circumferentially to cause the fibrin strands of the occlusion to be wrapped around the deployable element.