Patent ID: 8414543
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: A61B,A61M,B82Y

Abstract:
1. A thrombectomy apparatus for breaking up thrombus or other obstructive material in a lumen of a vascular graft or vessel, the apparatus comprising a thrombectomy wire having a first configuration and a second deployed configuration when exposed from a sheath, the wire having a straighter configuration in the first configuration, the wire being operatively connected to a motor for rotation of the wire to contact and break up the thrombus or other obstructive material, and a blocking device at a distal portion of the apparatus and connected to the thrombectomy wire such that the blocking device is advanced together with the thrombectomy wire into the lumen of the graft or vessel, the blocking device movable between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration, the blocking device in the expanded configuration configured to block thrombus dislodged by rotation of the wire.