Patent ID: 9308007
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M

Claim Text:
1. A thrombus treatment device, comprising: a support wire; a body frame portion that is disposed about an axis defined by the support wire, wherein the body frame portion defines one or more closed interstices, the body frame is operable to expand with a radial force sufficient to embed in thrombus allowing protrusion of thrombus material within an interior of the body frame; a tether portion that includes one or more tethers, said one or more tethers extending from the body frame portion to a collar that is coupled to the support wire; and a filter portion that extends from the body frame portion, wherein, when the collar is positioned substantially within a region interior of the body frame portion or filter portion, articulation of the support wire causes a portion of the one or more tethers to sweep through a range of motion and does not impart substantial motion to the body frame portion, the articulation of the support wire being at least a rotation of the support wire up to 270 degrees.