Patent ID: 11911054
Assignee: RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 18:
19. A dual-lumen neuroaspiration catheter comprising:
a first tube having an outer wall, an inner wall, a first lumen defined by the space within the inner wall, a first proximal-end opening, and a first distal-end opening, wherein the first lumen is configured for advancing at least one of a guidewire, a microcatheter, and a stent-retriever device therein;
a second tube having a second lumen, a second proximal-end opening, and a second distal-end opening, wherein the second proximal-end opening is proximal to the first distal-end opening, wherein the second distal-end opening is proximal to the first distal-end opening, and wherein the second tube is integrally formed with the first tube; and
a rapid-exchange wire movable within the second lumen of the second tube;
wherein the second distal-end opening is inside the first lumen; and
wherein at least one of the first distal-end opening and the second distal-end opening is obliquely angled up to about 60 degrees proximally.