US 12,285,182 B2
Devices and methods for removing an embolus
Sanjay Shrivastava, Irvine, CA (US)
Assigned to INNOVA VASCULAR, INC., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by INNOVA VASCULAR, INC., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/691,914.
Application 17/691,914 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/597,727, filed on Oct. 9, 2019, granted, now 11,272,945.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/744,107, filed on Oct. 10, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0192690 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/221 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/221 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/2215 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A clot retrieval device (100) comprising:
a) a delivery shaft (110) having a distal delivery shaft end (111);
b) a capturing basket (120) coupled to the distal delivery shaft end (111), wherein the capturing basket (120) comprises a first basket end (121), a second basket end (122), a plurality of cells (123) defined by struts (124), the struts (124) having strut ends that are connected to the first basket end (121) and the second basket end (122), and at least four body markers (125) disposed on the capturing basket (120); and
c) a support component (150) coupled to the distal delivery shaft end (111) and disposed within the capturing basket (120), wherein the support component (150) comprises:
i) a first support portion (130) comprising a first end (131), a second end (132), and a first lumen (133), wherein the first end (131) and the second end (132) of the first support portion (130) are disposed within the basket (120); and
ii) a second support portion (140) comprising a first end (141), a second end (142), and a second lumen (143), wherein the first (141) and the second end (142) of the second support portion (140) are disposed within the basket (120).