Patent ID: 9034008
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A clot removal device configured for deployment from a proximal side of a clot location, the device comprising: a shaft; an expandable clot engagement element on the end of the shaft, the clot engagement element and the shaft being configured for deployment in a blood vessel from the proximal side of the clot location; and a stabilizer configured to at least partially surround the shaft and to maintain a portion of the shaft in a non-contacting relationship with a wall of the blood vessel; wherein the expandable clot engagement element includes a helix having an open end on a distal side thereof configured, in an expanded state, to encircle a clot from the proximal side of the clot location, with a terminal end of the clot engagement element being located substantially at the expanded open end of the helix and aligned with a circumference of the helix, to define a substantially unobstructed channel for encircling the clot.