Patent ID: 11896247
Assignee: STRYKER CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 9:
10. A method of removing a material from a lumen, the method comprising:
positioning a distal end of an apparatus adjacent to the material within the lumen, wherein the apparatus includes a flexible tube that extends along an outer surface of an inversion support catheter and inverts over a distal end of the inversion support catheter, wherein the flexible tube is held in a longitudinally compressed configuration over the outer surface of the inversion support catheter by a releasable attachment;
pulling a first end of the flexible tube proximally within the inversion support catheter to roll the flexible tube over the distal end of the inversion support catheter so that the flexible tube inverts into the inversion support catheter and draws the material into the inversion support catheter.