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Filter/emboli extractor for use in variable sized blood vessels

US6458139B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 21, 2000
Grant dateOct 1, 2002
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Expiry dateJul 24, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B2017/2212
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An extraction device for the removal of clots and foreign bodies from vasculature. The extractor device is connected to an elongate mandrel and is located within a longitudinally extending lumen defined by a catheter. A clot or foreign material extracted from a vessel by moving the extraction device and catheter proximally until the clot or foreign material does not perfuse a critical organ.

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