Patent ID: 6517551
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An apparatus for a catheter for removing foreign objects from intravascular areas of a body, comprising:a) a first outer catheter, said catheter being flexible, said catheter having a first proximate end and a second distal end; b) a second catheter slidably disposed internal said first outer catheter; c) means for a basket disposed on the distal end of said second catheter, whereby a foreign object may be contained therein and crushed upon retraction of the means for a basket into the first outer catheter; d) a third microcatheter slidably disposed internal said second catheter; e) a wire slidably disposed internal said third microcatheter; f) a loop disposed on the distal end of said wire for capturing foreign objects; and, g) wherein said first outer catheter, said second catheter, said third microcatheter, said means for a basket, said wire, and said loop operate coaxially with each other.