Patent ID: 8070791
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M

Abstract:
1. An embolus management method for addressing an occlusive embolus within a blood vessel by providing a sheathed scaffold assembly for removal of embolus material from a cerebral artery, comprising: identifying an embolus within a cerebral artery; wherein the embolus comprises an outer layer and an inner core; establishing one or more blood flow channels through the embolus to restore blood flow; disturbing the embolus by mechanical maceration of the embolus to release embolic particles from the outer layer, thereby allowing the embolic particles to freely flow in the direction of the blood flow without capturing said embolic particles; wherein said maceration is performed by sheathing and unsheathing the scaffold assembly; wherein said restored blood flow causes lysis of the embolic particles; and extracting the inner core of the embolus.