Patent ID: 9044568
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
1. A method for treating an extravascular blood clot in a patient resulting from an intracranial hemorrhage comprising: forming a hole in the patient's skull extravascularly positioning at least a portion of a treatment region of an elongate tubular body of an ultrasound catheter into the extravascular blood clot by advancing the device through an opening provided in a skull of the patient; wherein the elongate tubular body further has a distal portion and a proximal portion, and wherein the ultrasound catheter further comprises: activating the ultrasound assembly; delivering a lytic drug to the blood clot through the first fluid delivery lumen; and evacuating a at least a portion of the extravascular blood clot around the distal portion of the elongate tubular body into the first fluid evacuation lumen.