Aspiration catheters for thrombus removal
First Claim
1. A method, of using an aspiration catheter in a thrombectomy procedure to treat an acute stroke condition, wherein the aspiration catheter comprises:
- a proximal portion, a connection port connected to the proximal portion, a distal segment wherein the distal segment comprises a single lumen, and a tube section connected between the distal segment and the proximal portion,wherein the distal segment consists of polymer forming a tubular element, metal wire reinforcement embedded in the polymer tubular element and extending around the tubular element and optionally one or more radiopaque marker bands, and has a constant outer diameter with a value that is from about 25 percent to about 95 percent of the average outer diameter of the tube section and comprises a distal opening at the distal end of the catheter, and wherein the catheter comprises a continuous lumen extending from the proximal portion through the tube section and the distal segment to the distal opening that provides fluid communication between the proximal portion and the distal opening, and the portion of the continuous lumen inside the distal segment has a smaller diameter relative to the diameter of the portion of the continuous lumen inside the tube section, the method comprising,tracking the aspiration catheter along a guide structure to place the distal segment of the catheter into a small blood vessel with the distal opening of the catheter close to thrombus deposits within the vessel, andapplying suction through the proximal portion to effect aspiration at the distal opening of the catheter through the distal segment having an outer diameter with a value that is from about 25 percent to about 95 percent of the average outer diameter of the tube section to aspirate the thrombus deposits from the vessel,wherein the small blood vessel is an artery of the brain, such that aspiration of the thrombus deposit treat the acute stroke condition.
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Abstract
Systems for less invasive medical procedures comprise a filter device mounted on an integrated guiding structure and an aspiration catheter. These components can be used together or separately, and the system can be used with other medical devices that are designed for less invasive procedures, such as procedures in a patient'"'"'s vasculature. The filter device can involve improved torque coupling with a torque coupler associated with a resilient member that correspondingly also provides increased flexibility relative to an overtube that forms a tube for the remaining portions of the device. An actuation tool for the filter device used a systematic loading procedure for proper loading of the corewire and overtube into the actuation tool. A fiber cartridge comprises fibers loaded as a bundle into the cartridge for delivery with the ends of the fibers respectively bonded to radiopaque markers that can be visualized to come together when the filter is properly deployed. The aspiration catheter generally has a rapid exchange format. The catheter can have a radiopaque band that is held in place under metal wire embedded within the polymer forming the tube of the catheter. In some embodiments, the aspiration catheter has a small diameter distal portion that can access into small diameter vessels in which the distal portion has a smaller average diameter than the remaining tube of the catheter.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, of using an aspiration catheter in a thrombectomy procedure to treat an acute stroke condition, wherein the aspiration catheter comprises:
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a proximal portion, a connection port connected to the proximal portion, a distal segment wherein the distal segment comprises a single lumen, and a tube section connected between the distal segment and the proximal portion, wherein the distal segment consists of polymer forming a tubular element, metal wire reinforcement embedded in the polymer tubular element and extending around the tubular element and optionally one or more radiopaque marker bands, and has a constant outer diameter with a value that is from about 25 percent to about 95 percent of the average outer diameter of the tube section and comprises a distal opening at the distal end of the catheter, and wherein the catheter comprises a continuous lumen extending from the proximal portion through the tube section and the distal segment to the distal opening that provides fluid communication between the proximal portion and the distal opening, and the portion of the continuous lumen inside the distal segment has a smaller diameter relative to the diameter of the portion of the continuous lumen inside the tube section, the method comprising, tracking the aspiration catheter along a guide structure to place the distal segment of the catheter into a small blood vessel with the distal opening of the catheter close to thrombus deposits within the vessel, and applying suction through the proximal portion to effect aspiration at the distal opening of the catheter through the distal segment having an outer diameter with a value that is from about 25 percent to about 95 percent of the average outer diameter of the tube section to aspirate the thrombus deposits from the vessel, wherein the small blood vessel is an artery of the brain, such that aspiration of the thrombus deposit treat the acute stroke condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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