Patent ID: 8303612
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An intravascular foreign matter removing wire comprising: a flexible long wire body; a first catching section located on a tip side of the wire body and operative to catch a foreign matter present inside a blood vessel; a second catching section located in a vicinity of and on a base end side of said first catching section and operative to catch a foreign matter inside a blood vessel, the second catching section possessing a tip end part and a base end part, the tip end part of the second catching section being located closer to the first catching section than the base end part of the second catching section; and an operating wire possessing a tip end part directly connected to the tip end part of the second catching section, the operating wire being movable with respect to the first catching section so that movement of the operating wire in a base end direction away from the first catching section moves the tip end part of the second catching section.