Patent ID: 8900179

Claim:
A thrombectomy system comprising: an elongate shaft defining a high pressure lumen and a low pressure lumen, the high pressure lumen terminating near and within a distally-opening end of the low pressure lumen; and a suction source connected to and in fluid communication with the low pressure lumen; wherein the distally-opening end of the low pressure lumen forms an obliquely-angled opening with respect to a longitudinally-oriented axis of the elongate shaft, wherein the obliquely-angled opening includes a most distal portion and a less distal portion; wherein the high pressure lumen terminates nearer the most distal portion of the obliquely-angled opening of the low pressure lumen than the less distal portion, and wherein the high pressure lumen terminates in one or more jets directed within the low pressure lumen in a generally proximal direction.