Patent ID: 11969332
Assignee: INARI MEDICAL, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 14:
15. A method for the treatment of clot material within a vasculature of a patient, the method comprising
positioning a first catheter at least partially within the vasculature proximate to the clot material;
aspirating at least a portion of the clot material and blood through the first catheter and into a first pressure source coupled to the first catheter;
decoupling the first pressure source from the first catheter;
coupling the first pressure source to a filter assembly, wherein a second pressure source is coupled to the filter assembly, and wherein the filter assembly is configured to filter the portion of the clot material from the blood to produce filtered blood;
activating the first pressure source and/or the second pressure source to drive (a) the portion of the clot material and the blood from the first pressure source into the filter assembly and (b) the filtered blood from the filter assembly into the second pressure source;
coupling the second pressure source to a second catheter at least partially positioned within the vasculature; and
driving the filtered blood from the second pressure source through the second catheter into the vasculature.