Patent ID: 9301769
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F

Claim Text:
1. A clot retrieval device for removing a clot from a blood vessel, the device comprising: a plurality of self-expandable clot capturing expandable segments having a deployed self-expanded state and a deployed actuated state; a plurality of segment supports connecting the plurality of clot capturing expandable segments, each of the plurality of segment supports having a length extending between a proximal end and a distal end, wherein at least a portion of the length of each of the segment supports extends inside at least one of the plurality of clot capturing expandable segments; and an actuation member coupled to the plurality of segment supports to urge the segment supports toward one another in the deployed actuated state, wherein a distal end of a first segment support includes an abutment for contact with a proximal end of a second segment support to limit a radial expansion of at least one of the plurality of clot capturing elements during actuation; wherein a distal end of a first expandable segment of the plurality of expandable segments terminates proximally of a proximal end of an adjacent expandable segment of the plurality of expandable segments along the actuation member.