Patent ID: 9351749
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A method of removing clot from a vessel, the method comprising: extending a delivery member across the clot; deploying a capture basket distal of the clot, the capture basket having a collapsed delivery configuration and an expanded deployment configuration, the capture basket having a proximal mouth which is open when the capture basket is in the deployed configuration; deploying a clot engaging device so as to be in contact with the clot, the clot engaging device having a collapsed delivery configuration and an expanded deployment configuration, the clot engaging device having a proximal end and a distal end and an elongate body between the proximal end and the distal end; selectively increasing an outward force of the capture basket to increase coupling of the capture basket with the vessel when the capture basket is in the deployed configuration; retracting the clot engaging device proximally along the vessel away from the capture basket while engaging the vessel with the capture basket; and retracting the capture basket proximally toward the clot engaging device so as to pin the clot between the capture basket and the clot engaging device while at least a portion of the clot engaging device is within the clot.