Medical device and method

US9498604B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Genesis Technologies Limited · BB

Inventors

• William Dubrul · Redwood City, US
• Brent Seybold · Santa Clara, US
• Mark L. Mathis · Fremont, US
• Philip M. Leopold · North Barrington, US
• Richard Eustis Fulton, III · Grand Junction, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 7, 2014
• Grant date: Nov 22, 2016
• Expiry date: Mar 7, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M25/0119
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A vessel-occluding medical device for the use in diagnosis and/or treatment of cardiovascular disease in the human body includes an outer tube, an inner tube slidably housed within the outer tube, and a tubular sleeve comprising a generally U-shaped, direction reversing region, which moves along the length of the tubular sleeve, to assume radially contracted and radially expanded state as the inner and outer tubes move between the first and second positions. When the tubular sleeve is in the radially expanded state, the inner portion of the tubular sleeve has a funnel-shaped surface and a longitudinally-extending opening to permit material to pass therethrough for receipt of material into the inner tube.