Granted Patent
B2
US 12,446,907 · App. 18/056,192 · Granted Oct 21, 2025
Methods and apparatus for flow restoration
Inventors:
Earl Howard Slee (Laguna Niguel, CA); Thomas Wilder, III (Newport Bearch, CA); Thomas McCarthy (San Clemente, CA); Mark Philip Ashby (Laguna Niguel, CA); Sanjay Shrivastava (Irvine, CA)
Assignee:
Covidien LP
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Abstract
Methods for restoring blood flow in occluded blood vessels using an apparatus having a self-expandable distal segment that is pre-formed to assume a superimposed structure in an unconstrained condition but can be made to take on a volume-reduced form making it possible to introduce it with a microcatheter and a push wire arranged at the proximal end, with the distal segment in its superimposed structure assuming the form of a longitudinally open tube and having a mesh structure of interconnected strings or filaments or struts. In a preferred embodiment, the distal segment has a tapering structure at its proximal end where the strings or filaments or struts converge at a connection point.
Claims (23)
1. A method for imaging dislodging a thrombus lodged in a blood vessel comprising:
(a) acquiring an image of a self-expandable apparatus placed radially adjacent to a thrombus while in a volume-reduced form in which a first radiopaque marker on a distal end of the apparatus is aligned with a second marker disposed on a distal end portion of a catheter in which the self-expandable apparatus is positioned, wherein the apparatus forms edges that overlap in the volume-reduced form;
(b) acquiring an image of releasing the apparatus from the catheter by withdrawing the catheter proximally until a second radiopaque marker on a proximal end of the apparatus is aligned with the second marker disposed on the distal end portion of the catheter, thereby expanding the apparatus to a volume-enlarged form and engaging at least a portion of the thrombus; and
(c) acquiring an image of moving the apparatus distally or proximally thereby dislodging the thrombus;
wherein the self-expandable apparatus is pre-formed to assume the volume-enlarged form and, in the volume-enlarged form, takes the form of a longitudinally open tube in which the edges overlap less than in the volume-reduced form.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein expanding the apparatus restores blood flow.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein expanding the apparatus increases blood flow, and wherein the increased blood flow partially or substantially dissolves the thrombus.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein acquiring the image of expanding the apparatus comprises acquiring an image of a distal end of the apparatus having a greater diameter than a proximal end of the apparatus.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein acquiring the images comprises acquiring fluoroscopic images.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein acquiring the images comprises acquiring contrast-injection images.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein acquiring the image of the self-expandable apparatus placed radially adjacent to a thrombus comprises imaging the first radiopaque marker positioned distal to the thrombus.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein expanding the apparatus increases blood flow, and wherein the increased blood flow partially or substantially dissolves the thrombus.
9. A method for imaging dislodging a thrombus lodged in a blood vessel comprising:
(a) acquiring an image of a self-expandable apparatus placed radially adjacent to a thrombus while the self-expandable apparatus is in an unexpanded state within a catheter, wherein in the image a first radiopaque marker on a distal end portion of the apparatus is aligned with a second radiopaque marker on a distal end portion of the catheter, wherein in the unexpanded state the apparatus forms edges that overlap;
(b) acquiring an image of expanding the apparatus to an expanded state, thereby engaging at least a portion of the thrombus, the apparatus forming a longitudinally open tube in the expanded state, wherein in the image the catheter has been withdrawn until the second radiopaque marker on the distal end portion of the catheter is aligned with a third radiopaque marker on a proximal end portion of the apparatus, wherein in the expanded state the edges overlap less than in the unexpanded state; and
(c) acquiring an image of moving the apparatus distally or proximally thereby dislodging the thrombus.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein expanding the apparatus restores blood flow.
11. The method of claim 9 , wherein expanding the apparatus increases blood flow, and wherein the increased blood flow partially or substantially dissolves the thrombus.
12. The method of claim 9 , wherein acquiring the image of expanding the apparatus comprises acquiring an image of a distal end of the apparatus having a greater diameter than a proximal end of the apparatus.
13. The method of claim 9 , wherein acquiring the images comprises acquiring fluoroscopic images.
14. The method of claim 9 , wherein acquiring the images comprises acquiring contrast-injection images.
15. The method of claim 9 , wherein acquiring the image of a self-expandable apparatus placed radially adjacent to a thrombus comprises imaging the first radiopaque marker positioned distal to the thrombus.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein expanding the apparatus increases blood flow, and wherein the increased blood flow partially or substantially dissolves the thrombus.
Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Nov 18, 2022
From: SLEE, EARL HOWARD; WILDER, III, THOMAS; MCCARTHY, THOMAS; FRANCO, DAVID; ASHBY, MARK PHILIP; SHRIVASTAVA, SANJAY
To: MICRO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 061818/0050 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Nov 18, 2022
From: EV3 LLC
To: TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LP
Reel/Frame 061818/0077 →
CHANGE OF NAME
Recorded Nov 18, 2022
From: TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LP
To: COVIDIEN LP
Reel/Frame 061966/0318 →
Continuity (8)
Continuation
12918795
Provisional Application
61030838
· Feb 22, 2008
Related Publication
20230338048A9
· Oct 26, 2023
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