Patent ID: 8468678

Claim:
A method of forming a medical device for retrieving an intravascular device from a body lumen, comprising; providing a braided member, including a plurality of filaments, adapted to radially expand and axially shorten when subjected to a tensile force, said braided member having a proximal end, a proximal portion, a distal end, a distal section adjacent to the distal end, and a lumen between the proximal end and the distal end sized and configured to receive an intravascular device to be retrieved; extruding an elastomeric material over the distal section of the braided member; cooling the elastomeric material to produce an elastomer coated braided member; and attaching the elastomer coated braided member to an elongated shaft member having a flared distal section, wherein the proximal portion of the elastomer coated braided member extends proximally of a distal end of the elongated shaft member and is coupled to the flared distal section of the elongated shaft member, and the distal portion of the elastomer coated braided member extends distally of the distal end of the elongated shaft member, further wherein at least a portion of the proximal portion is encased within a wall of the flared distal section of the elongated shaft member.