US 11,751,893 B2
Obstruction removal system
Heath Bowman, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US); Jared Shimizu, Irvine, CA (US); Kiet Lam, Moreno Valley, CA (US); and Jeff Inlow, Capistrano Beach, CA (US)
Assigned to MicroVention, Inc., Aliso Viejo, CA (US)
Filed by MicroVention, Inc., Aliso Viejo, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 4, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/893,110.
Application 16/893,110 is a continuation of application No. 15/821,409, filed on Nov. 22, 2017, granted, now 10,709,466.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/426,113, filed on Nov. 23, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2020/0297365 A1, Sep. 24, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 17/221 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 17/3207 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/221 (2013.01) [A61B 17/22031 (2013.01); A61B 17/3207 (2013.01); A61B 17/320725 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2212 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22034 (2013.01); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A clot retrieval device comprising:
a plurality of engaging members configured to capture a clot;
each of the plurality of engaging members having a plurality of proximal diamond shapes and a plurality of distal diamond shapes, each of the plurality of proximal diamond shapes being directly connected to each other and converging at a proximal point; and,
a plurality of lateral struts positioned between the proximal diamond shapes and the distal diamond shapes;
wherein at least one of the lateral struts spans an entire distance between the proximal diamond shapes and the distal diamond shapes, and at least one of the lateral struts spans less than the entire distance between the proximal diamond shapes and the distal diamond shapes.