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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2011
Applicant:
Stephanos Finitsis, Thessaloniki, GR;
Inventor:
Stephanos Finitsis, Thessaloniki, GR;
Assignee:
Nexgen Medical Systems, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 17/3207 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3207 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device captures and assists in the removal of a thrombus in arteries, even in small arteries. The device uses a soft coil mesh to engage the surface of a thrombus, and a guidewire is used to retract the soft coil mesh with the captured thrombus. The soft coil is formed by an elongated microcoil element that forms the helical elements of a macrocoil element. The microcoil element provides a relatively elastic effect to the helical element forming the macrocoil and allows for control of gripping forces on the thrombus while reducing non-rigid contact of the device with arterial walls.