Patent ID: 11883041
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A catheter for removing a thrombus from the interior surface of a blood vessel, the catheter comprising:
a tubular body having a hollow interior, an exterior surface, a proximal end, and a distal end; and
a plurality of protrusions extending upwardly from the exterior surface, wherein each protrusion comprises an aperture, a top surface and a perimetrical side wall extending between the top surface and the exterior surface of the catheter, and wherein the aperture is in the top surface and the perimetrical side wall is circumferentially formed entirely around the aperture,
wherein the distal end of the catheter is inserted into the blood vessel and a suction is applied to the proximal end of the catheter to aspirate the thrombus from the blood vessel.