Patent ID: 8945161
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. Device for opening occluded blood vessels, comprising a braided structure ( 2 ) on a guide wire ( 1 ), said braided structure ( 2 ) being securely and permanently attached to the guide wire and consisting of a plurality of filaments ( 4 ) arranged in a helical manner and at least at the proximal end combined into a bundle, with the braided structure ( 2 ) assuming an elongated form of smaller diameter when subjected to external force while when in unstressed state defining a tubular element of larger diameter closed at least at its proximal end, characterized in that the device is provided with restraining/bracing fiber elements ( 9 ), wherein the fibers ( 9 ) within the braided structure ( 2 ) form a spatial structure and attached directly to points of intersection ( 10 ) of the filaments ( 4 ) and extend through the interior of the braided structure ( 2 ) in a zig-zag fashion between oppositely arranged points of intersection ( 10 ) of the filaments ( 4 ).