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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2010
Eran Hirszowicz, Ramat-Gan, IL;
Orit Hirszowicz, Ramat-Gan, IL;
Yoav Turgeman, Afula, IL;
Omri Mairon, Ya'acov, IL;
Eran Hirszowicz, Ramat-Gan, IL;
Orit Hirszowicz, Ramat-Gan, IL;
Yoav Turgeman, Afula, IL;
Omri Mairon, Ya'acov, IL;
Angioslide Ltd., Herzliya, IL;
Abstract
A system comprising a catheter having an expandable element, which when expanded, has an annular shape surrounding a passageway. The expandable element in the expanded state is rollable along at least a portion of the shaft of the catheter without slipping. The system may be used for delivering an object to a site in the body, retrieving an object from a body, removing debris and/or other particulate matter from a blood vessel, and distending and/or expanding a pathologically-involved region of a blood vessel wall.