FLUID JET THROMBECTOMY APPARATUS AND ITS METHOD

Title:

FLUID JET THROMBECTOMY APPARATUS AND ITS METHOD

Document Type and Number:

Japanese Patent JP2004033779

Kind Code:

A

Abstract:

To provide a fluid jet thrombectomy apparatus for delivering thrombus or a broke piece of unnecessary tissue from a vein and an arteria.

This fluid jet thrombectomy apparatus includes a semi-rigid intermediate tube between the base end and terminal end discharge tubes. The semi-rigid intermediate tube has a tube outlet of a guide wire positioned in a place shorter than the half of the length of a catheter, measured from the most terminal end spot of the catheter. Such a place of the guide wire is suitable for rotating the guide wire (maneuvering) or advancing in the longitudinal direction, and also suitable for rotating the catheter or advancing the same in the longitudinal direction by a single user.

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Inventors:

BONNETTE MICHAEL JOHN
THOR ERIC JOEL
WEISEL STEPHEN EARL
WONG AMANDA J

Application Number:

JP2003275580A

Publication Date:

February 05, 2004

Filing Date:

July 16, 2003

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Assignee:

POSSIS MEDICAL INC

International Classes:

A61B17/22; A61M25/00; A61B17/00; A61B19/00; (IPC1-7): A61B17/22; A61M25/00

Attorney, Agent or Firm:

Takehiro Chiba
Toshiyuki Miyadera

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