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Stent retrieval device
Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed Inc
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Filing: 1996-10-03
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Granted: 2000-02-22
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Expires: 2016-10-03
Abstract
Abstract A device and method for retrieving partially deployed balloon expandable stents. The device addresses, inter alia, the problem of retrieving stents that have become dislodged from the desired position about a deploying balloon, leaving a stent that is likely too large to be retracted back into a guide catheter. The device can be used with a guide catheter having a balloon angioplasty catheter inserted within. The invention includes a grasping device at the distal end of a shaft and a mechanism for opening and closing the grasping device. In one embodiment, the grasping device includes a reinforced tube having a bound outer inflatable sleeve and a longitudinal slit. In use, the tube can be slipped over the proximal portion of a balloon catheter shaft extending from a patient, advanced over the shaft, through and distally out of a guide catheter, there inflated to grasp the stent distal end, and retracted proximally into the guide catheter. In another embodiment, the grasping device includes fingers attached distally to an inner shaft and proximally to an outer shaft. The fingers open when sliding the inner shaft distally relative to the outer shaft. The fingers close when sliding the inner shaft proximally relative to the outer shaft. This embodiment can be used with a guide catheter to grasp a stent and withdraw it through the guide catheter.
Inventors
- 👤 Brooke Q. Ren
- 👤 Roger N. Hastings
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-22 23:34
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/95; A61B; A61B17/00; A61B17/02; A61B17/0218; A61F2002/9528
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim
57 words
A stent retrieval device comprising: an elongate shaft including a distal region; a tube having an exterior, a slit therethrough and an inside diameter, said tube operatively attached to said shaft distal region, means for increasing said tube inner diameter; said means for increasing said tube inner diameter includes an inflatable sleeve attached about said tube exterior.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
57 words
A stent retrieval device comprising: an elongate shaft including a distal region; a tube having an exterior, a slit therethrough and an inside diameter, said tube operatively attached to said shaft distal region, means for increasing said tube inner diameter; said means for increasing said tube inner diameter includes an inflatable sleeve attached about said tube exterior.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
64 words
A stent retrieval device comprising: an elongate shaft having an inflation lumen and a distal region; a tube having a slit therethrough and an inside diameter operatively attached to said shaft distal region, said tube having a wall including an inner and outer surface; an inflatable sleeve attached about said tube outer surface, said sleeve being in fluid communication with said shaft inflation lumen.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
64 words
A stent retrieval device comprising: an elongate shaft having an inflation lumen and a distal region; a tube having a slit therethrough and an inside diameter operatively attached to said shaft distal region, said tube having a wall including an inner and outer surface; an inflatable sleeve attached about said tube outer surface, said sleeve being in fluid communication with said shaft inflation lumen.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
A stent retrieval device as recited in claim 2, wherein said slit is a longitudinal slit.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
A stent retrieval device as recited in claim 3, wherein said tube includes a plurality of reinforcing ribs.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
40 words
A stent retrieval device as recited in claim 4, wherein said tube includes a proximal region and a distal region, said device further comprising a tube proximal shoulder extending proximally from said tube proximal region, decreasing proximally in outer diameter.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
148 words
A method for retrieving a stent comprising: providing a stent retrieval device including an elongate shaft having a distal region, a retrieval tube operatively attached to said shaft distal region, said retrieval tube having a slit therethrough and an inflatable sleeve attached about said tube exterior, said retrieval tube increasing in inside diameter when said inflatable sleeve is inflated; providing a patient having an elongate tube inserted intravascularly and extending proximally therefrom, having a stent positioned near the distal end of said elongate tube; advancing said retrieval tube distally into said patient through said elongate tube; advancing the distal end of said retrieval tube until the proximal end of said stent is within proximity of said retrieval tube distal end, increasing said retrieval tube inside diameter; advancing said retrieval tube over said stent; decreasing said retrieval tube inside diameter; and retracting said retrieval tube containing said stent proximally.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
148 words
A method for retrieving a stent comprising: providing a stent retrieval device including an elongate shaft having a distal region, a retrieval tube operatively attached to said shaft distal region, said retrieval tube having a slit therethrough and an inflatable sleeve attached about said tube exterior, said retrieval tube increasing in inside diameter when said inflatable sleeve is inflated; providing a patient having an elongate tube inserted intravascularly and extending proximally therefrom, having a stent positioned near the distal end of said elongate tube; advancing said retrieval tube distally into said patient through said elongate tube; advancing the distal end of said retrieval tube until the proximal end of said stent is within proximity of said retrieval tube distal end, increasing said retrieval tube inside diameter; advancing said retrieval tube over said stent; decreasing said retrieval tube inside diameter; and retracting said retrieval tube containing said stent proximally.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
15 words
A method as recited in claim 6, wherein said elongate tube is a guide catheter.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
44 words
A method as recited in claim 7, wherein said guide catheter has a balloon catheter inserted therethrough, further comprising selecting a section of the shaft of the balloon catheter proximal to said patient's body and moving said retrieval tube slit over said catheter shaft.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
76 words
A stent retrieval device comprising: a first elongate shaft having a longitudinal axis and a distal region; a second elongate shaft having a longitudinal axis and a distal region; said first and second shaft being slidable relative to one another; and a grasping device attached to said first and second shaft distal regions, having an effective inner diameter and a means for reducing said effective inner diameter, said grasping device including a plurality of diverging fingers.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
76 words
A stent retrieval device comprising: a first elongate shaft having a longitudinal axis and a distal region; a second elongate shaft having a longitudinal axis and a distal region; said first and second shaft being slidable relative to one another; and a grasping device attached to said first and second shaft distal regions, having an effective inner diameter and a means for reducing said effective inner diameter, said grasping device including a plurality of diverging fingers.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
98 words
A stent retrieval device as recited in claim 9, wherein said fingers include an inner member and an outer member, each having a proximal and distal region, said inner and outer members attached to one another distally, said inner members operatively attached at said proximal region to said first shaft distal region, said outer members operatively attached at said proximal region to said second shaft distal region, whereby, pulling said first shaft and pushing said second shaft acts to close said fingers, decreasing the radial extent of said fingers, decreasing the effective inner diameter of said grasping device.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
22 words
A stent retrieval device as recited in claim 10, wherein said second shaft is a tube, having said first shaft lying within.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
20 words
A stent retrieval device as recited in claim 10, wherein said grasping device includes an elastomeric web between said fingers.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
52 words
A stent retrieval device as recited in claim 10, wherein, when said grasping device is open, said inner members diverge radially from said shaft longitudinal axis with increasing distal longitudinal distance, and, when said grasping device is open, said outer members converge radially toward said shaft longitudinal axis with increasing proximal distance.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
19 words
A stent retrieval device as recited in claim 10, wherein said first shaft distal region includes a longitudinal cavity.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
23 words
A stent retrieval device as recited in claim 10, wherein said first shaft distal region includes an attachment hub having a longitudinal cavity.
Claim 20
Independent Claim
157 words
A method for retrieving a stent comprising: providing a stent retrieval device including a first elongate shaft having a distal region, a second elongate shaft having a distal region, said second shaft being hollow and said first shaft lying within said second shaft, and a grasping device, having a proximal region and a distal region, attached to said first and second shaft distal regions, said grasping device including a plurality of diverging fingers; providing a patient having an elongate tube inserted intravascularly and extending proximally therefrom, having a stent positioned near the distal end of said elongate tube; advancing said grasping device distally into said patient through said elongate tube; advancing said grasping device past the distal end of said elongate tube; advancing said grasping device over the proximal end of said stent; closing said grasping device over said stent; withdrawing said grasping device within said elongate tube; and withdrawing said grasping device containing said stent proximally.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
157 words
A method for retrieving a stent comprising: providing a stent retrieval device including a first elongate shaft having a distal region, a second elongate shaft having a distal region, said second shaft being hollow and said first shaft lying within said second shaft, and a grasping device, having a proximal region and a distal region, attached to said first and second shaft distal regions, said grasping device including a plurality of diverging fingers; providing a patient having an elongate tube inserted intravascularly and extending proximally therefrom, having a stent positioned near the distal end of said elongate tube; advancing said grasping device distally into said patient through said elongate tube; advancing said grasping device past the distal end of said elongate tube; advancing said grasping device over the proximal end of said stent; closing said grasping device over said stent; withdrawing said grasping device within said elongate tube; and withdrawing said grasping device containing said stent proximally.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
15 words
A method as recited in claim 16, wherein said elongate tube is a guide catheter.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
56 words
A method as recited in claim 17, wherein the distal region of said grasping device includes a longitudinal slit and said guide catheter has a balloon catheter inserted therethrough, further comprising selecting a section of the shaft of the balloon catheter proximal to said patient's body and mounting said grasping device slit over said catheter shaft.
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