THROMBECTOMY CATHETER DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM

• Main Authors: WEST, DAVID, WOODRUFF, KNEIP, DANIEL, JOSEPH, ROGERS, JEFFREY, WILLIAM, THOR, ERIC, JOEL, BONNETTE, MICHAEL, JOHN, ABBOTT, MARTYN, STUART, HILSE, MARK, ALFRED, CROLL, WALTER, CHARLES, SCHERGER, ERNEST, RALPH, BALL, DOUGLAS, JAMES, KARPINSKI, JAMES, FREDRICK, CUMMINGS, DAVID, CHARLES, TESCHENDORF, JOHN, LLOYD, AASEN, NICOLE, JAYE, WEISEL, STEPHEN, EARL, GRANT, CHAD, NICHOLAS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 06.07.2011
• Subjects: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; SURGERY

A thrombectomy catheter deployment system which greatly simplifies set up procedures and operation of a thrombectomy catheter includes a stand alone drive unit and a disposable pump/catheter assembly which is manually placed into a carriage assembly in the drive unit. The pump/catheter assembly has a plurality of preconnected components incuding tubular structure and a thrombectomy catheter connected thereto and is transported into or out of the interior of the drive unit for automatic high pressure pump piston head engagement or disengagement with a reciprocating linear actuator and for automatic engagement or disengagement of an effluent waste tube with a roller pump. A barcode reader senses specific operational data pertaining to an individual pump and provides an interface for operating of the recriprocating linear actuator. A bubble trap incorporated for effective debubbling of saline solution is closely coupled to an insert molded pump having an improved valve arrangement. A spiked bag with large tubing is incorporated for bubble free transfer of saline.