Patent ID: 8491523

Claim:
A method of conducting a thrombectomy procedure with a thrombectomy catheter deployment system, the method comprising: a. providing a drive unit configured to operate an infusion pump, the drive unit operable according to one or more operating modes; b. providing a preconnected and consolidated pump and catheter assembly configured for loading in the drive unit, the assembly is separate from the drive unit prior to loading, and the infusion pump and a catheter of the assembly are in communication prior to loading, and the assembly providing one or more digital instructions to the drive unit, the drive unit operable according to the one or more operating modes, wherein the one or more operating modes are referenced by the one or more digital instructions; and c. loading the preconnected and consolidated pump and catheter assembly into the drive unit, and the drive unit is engaged to the infusion pump for operation of the infusion pump.