Patent ID: 11925368
Assignee: RAPID MEDICAL LTD.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 19:
20. A method of removing an obstruction from a vessel, the method comprising:
inserting into the vessel an expandable structure that when expanded, has at least one end region having interstices that are at least three times smaller in size than interstices in a central region, the expandable structure including a plurality of pairs of continuous braided wires, the plurality of pairs of continuous braided wires being in a first braiding arrangement pattern in the at least one end region and in a second braiding arrangement pattern in the central region, the first braiding arrangement pattern being different from the second braiding arrangement pattern;
moving the expandable structure so that at least the central region coincides with the obstruction;
expanding the expandable structure to embed at least a portion of the central region within the obstruction; and
withdrawing from the vessel the expandable structure containing the embedded obstruction.