Title:
【発明の名称】血餅捕捉コイル
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2000504595
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A device for removing an obstruction in a blood vessel, the device comprising an obstruction engaging coil extending from an insertion element and being movable between a straightened arrangement and an expanded arrangement, characterized in that said obstruction engaging coil is formed of a superelastic material and is an elongate element with one end connected to the distal end of the insertion element and extending from the insertion element to a distal end, the obstruction engaging coil being naturally biased toward the straightened arrangement.
Inventors:
Wenzel, Jeffrey Peep.
Govin, Wy Pierre
Govin, Wy Pierre
Application Number:
JP52792297A
Publication Date:
April 18, 2000
Filing Date:
January 31, 1997
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Regents of the University of California
International Classes:
A61B17/22; A61F2/01; A61B17/00; A61F2/00; (IPC1-7): A61B17/22; A61F2/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takashi Ishida (4 others)