Axial lengthening thrombus capture system
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1. A clot capture system, comprising:
- a first tubular member comprising a central lumen;
a second tubular member; and
a shape memory tubular body comprising a first end, a second end, and an axial length therebetween, the first end having an end opening, the second end attached to the second tubular member,wherein at least part of the shape memory tubular body is compressed within the central lumen of the first tubular member in a first delivery configuration,wherein the shape memory tubular body is transformable to a second configuration in which the first end is radially expanded while the second end and a majority of the shape memory tubular body remains radially compressed within the central lumen of the first tubular member and the second end is positioned proximal to the first end and the shape memory tubular body has a first expanded axial length,wherein the shape memory tubular body is transformable to a third configuration via movement of the first tubular member with respect to the second tubular member in which the shape memory tubular body has a second expanded axial length greater than the first expanded axial length, wherein a width of the shape memory tubular body along its second expanded axial length is substantially the same as a width of the shape memory tubular body along its first expanded axial length.
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Abstract
Systems and methods can remove material of interest, including blood clots, from a body region, including but not limited to the circulatory system for the treatment of pulmonary embolism (PE), deep vein thrombosis (DVT), cerebrovascular embolism, and other vascular occlusions.
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1. A clot capture system, comprising:
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a first tubular member comprising a central lumen; a second tubular member; and a shape memory tubular body comprising a first end, a second end, and an axial length therebetween, the first end having an end opening, the second end attached to the second tubular member, wherein at least part of the shape memory tubular body is compressed within the central lumen of the first tubular member in a first delivery configuration, wherein the shape memory tubular body is transformable to a second configuration in which the first end is radially expanded while the second end and a majority of the shape memory tubular body remains radially compressed within the central lumen of the first tubular member and the second end is positioned proximal to the first end and the shape memory tubular body has a first expanded axial length, wherein the shape memory tubular body is transformable to a third configuration via movement of the first tubular member with respect to the second tubular member in which the shape memory tubular body has a second expanded axial length greater than the first expanded axial length, wherein a width of the shape memory tubular body along its second expanded axial length is substantially the same as a width of the shape memory tubular body along its first expanded axial length. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for capturing material of interest within a body lumen, comprising:
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a first tubular member comprising a central lumen; a second tubular member; and a shape memory tubular body comprising a first end, a second end, and an axial length therebetween, the first end having an end opening, the second end attached to an outer wall of the second tubular member, wherein the shape memory tubular body is compressed within the central lumen of the first tubular member in a first delivery configuration, wherein the shape memory tubular body is transformable to a second configuration in which the first end opening and a first segment of the shape memory tubular body extending axially in a first direction from the first end opening is radially expanded to a fold point, while a second segment of the shape memory tubular body extends axially from the fold point to the second end of the shape memory tubular body in a second direction opposite the first direction, the second segment relatively radially compressed with respect to the first segment, the second end positioned proximal to the first end; wherein the shape memory tubular body is transformable to a third configuration via movement of the first tubular member with respect to the second tubular member in which the axial length of the first segment increases by a first amount, the shape memory tubular body has a second expanded axial length greater than the first expanded axial length, wherein a width of the shape memory tubular body along its second expanded axial length is substantially the same as a width of the shape memory tubular body along its first expanded axial length.
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