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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2011
Applicants:
Ronen Eckhouse, Shimshit, IL;
Yuri Sudin, Modiin, IL;
Shimon Eckhouse, Haifa, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Rapid Medical Ltd., , IL;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 17/221 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/30 (2006.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/22031 (2013.01); A61B 17/22 (2013.01); A61B 17/221 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00685 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00867 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22034 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2217 (2013.01); A61B 2017/306 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01);
Abstract
A clot removal device and method may employ a shaft and a clot engagement element on an end of the shaft. The clot engagement element and the shaft may be configured for deployment in a blood vessel. The clot removal device may also include a stabilizer configured to at least partially surround the shaft and to maintain a portion of the shaft in a non-contacting relationship with the blood vessel wall.