Patent ID: 11950795
Assignee: ISCHEMICURE LTD.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 11:
12. A method, comprising:
introducing an elongate body having a radially expandable distal seal distally from a location within the blood vessel proximal to the blood clot, beyond the blood clot such that the distal seal is disposed distal to the blood clot, the distal seal defining an opening at a proximal portion thereof and being a membrane;
introducing an imaging agent through a lumen and at least one perforation of the elongate body into an area between the blood clot and a distal end of the distal seal to increase a pressure within the area to expand the distal seal to form a fluid pressure seal against an interior wall surface of the blood vessel distal to the blood clot, the at least one perforation being located distal to the proximal end of the distal seal and proximal to a distal end of the distal seal; and
imaging at least a portion of the blood clot within the blood vessel based on the imaging agent.