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Device and method for emboli retrieval

  • US 4,873,978 A
  • Filed: 12/04/1987
  • Issued: 10/17/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/04/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A catheter device for capturing and retrieving emboli from a blood vessel, said catheter device comprising:

  • an elongate catheter body having a proximate end and a distal end;

    a strainer mounted at the distal end of the catheter body, said strainer comprising a plurality of tines which are shiftable between an opened configuration where they are capable of capturing emboli and a closed configuration where they are capable of retaining captured emboli, said tines having inwardly curved tips; and

    means actuable from the proximate end for selectively shifting the tines of the strainer between the opened configuration and the closed configuration.

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