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Device for opening occluded blood vessels

US8945161B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13Claims

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Assignee

phenox GmbH · DE

Inventors

Elina Miloslavski · Bochum, DE
Hermann Monstadt · Bochum, DE
Ralf Hannes · Dortmund, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 19, 2009
Grant date	Feb 3, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 19, 2029

Classification

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

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for opening occluded blood vessels, comprising a braided structure (2) on a guide wire (1), said braided structure (2) being securely and permanently attached to the guide wire and consisting of a plurality of filaments (4) arranged in a helical manner and at least at the proximal end combined into a bundle, with the braided structure (2) assuming an elongated form of smaller diameter when subjected to external force while when in unstressed state defining a tubular element of larger diameter closed at least at its proximal end, with the device being provided with restraining/bracing fiber elements (9).

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