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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2013
Medrad, Inc., Indianola, PA (US);
Debra M. Kozak, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Michael J. Bonnette, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Eric J. Thor, Arden Hills, MN (US);
David B. Morris, Anoka, MN (US);
John L. Teschendorf, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Douglas J. Ball, Blaine, MN (US);
Michael Schrom, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Stephen E. Weisel, Brook Park, MN (US);
Bayer Medical Care Inc., Indianola, PA (US);
Abstract
Catheters including guidewire tubes having a limited length and methods of using the catheters are described. The catheters may be delivered over guidewires in procedures that are commonly referred to as rapid-exchange delivery. In some embodiments, the catheters may be miniature flexible thrombectomy catheters that may be used to remove thrombus or other unwanted material from a body blood vessel or other small regions of body cavities in which the distal portion of the catheter has smaller external dimensions than the larger proximal portion.