CLOT REMOVAL DEVICE

• US 20080114393A1
• Filed: 01/24/2008
• Published: 05/15/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Stryker European Operations Holdings, LLC (Stryker Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. (Boston Scientific Corporation)
• Inventors: Carrison, Harold, Farnholtz, Roger
• Granted Patent: US 8,118,829 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 606/200
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/221 Gripping devices in the form of loops or baskets for gripping calculi or similar types of obstructions surgical snare instruments A61B17/32056
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/2212 having a closed distal end, e.g. a loop
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/2215 having an open distal end

Abstract

A device for removing blood clots and methods of making and using the same. The clot pulling device may include a shaft and one or more strut members that each may include a loop region. The proximal ends of the strut members may be attached to the shaft and the distal ends of the strut members may be coupled to the shaft.

Claims

1. A medical device for removing clots from a blood vessel, comprising:

an elongate shaft having a distal end;

a first strut having a first end attached to the shaft, a first loop region, and a second end coupled to the shaft;

a second strut having a first end attached to the shaft, a second loop region, and a second end coupled to the shaft; and

wherein the first and second loop regions overlap with one another and are disposed about the shaft.