Patent ID: 8771289

Claim:
A device for removing a thrombus from a vascular structure, the device comprising: a first annular member having a guidewire lumen for slidably receiving a guidewire; a second annular member coupled to the first annular member, the second annular member adapted to provide a suction flow path from a suction port in a distal portion of the second annular member to a proximal portion of the second annular member, the distal portion of the second annular member being directly coupled to a proximal portion of the first annular member; a flexible mesh structure coupled to an outer surface of a distal portion of the first annular member, the suction port of the second annular member positioned to be in direct fluid communication with the vascular structure proximal of the flexible mesh structure, a longitudinal axis of the second annular member intersecting the suction port, and an actuating element coupled to the flexible mesh structure, the actuating element extending externally of the first annular member from the mesh structure to the distal portion of the second annular member and extending on to the proximal portion of the second annular member, the actuating element adapted to deploy the flexible mesh structure to an expanded configuration in response to movement of the actuating element with respect to the second annular member.