Patent ID: 8535290

Claim:
A method for disrupting a clot over a luminal length of a blood vessel, the method comprising: positioning a catheter body in the luminal length of the blood vessel, the catheter body comprising a proximal end, a distal portion having at least one lumen allowing passage of a wire or agitator, the distal portion of the catheter body having at least one port formed therein so as to permit fluid flow from the lumen; actuating an agitator disposed within the catheter body for mechanical disruption of a clot in the blood vessel, the agitator comprising a non-linear region disposed in the catheter body lumen such that the at least one port is positioned along a distal portion of the non-linear region; infusing a fluid comprising a thrombolytic agent through the lumen of the catheter body such that the fluid passes through the at least one port of the distal portion positioned along the distal portion of the non-linear region and into the luminal length of the blood vessel.