Patent ID: 8449566
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A medical device for removing a thrombus from a blood vessel, comprising: a catheter having a first lumen; within the first lumen of the catheter is a macrocoil thrombus engaging component having a length with a proximal end and a distal end, the length of the macrocoil comprising microcoils that allow the length of the macrocoil to be extendable; within the first lumen is a first wire capable of providing force on the distal end of the macrocoil; within the first lumen is a second wire capable of providing force on the proximal end of the macrocoil; the macrocoil being capable of completely retracting within the first lumen of the catheter to a maximum thickness that is less than one half of a diameter of the macrocoil when extended out of the first lumen of the catheter by the first wire and the second wire being pulled from within the first lumen, and the microcoil being expandable to a width of at least 0.002 mm when distended by relative movement between the first wire and second wire, wherein the medical device has only a single lumen.