Patent 9034008 was granted and assigned to Rapid Medical on May, 2015 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A clot removal device and method may employ a shaft and a clot engagement element on an end of the shaft. The clot engagement element and the shaft may be configured for deployment in a blood vessel. The clot removal device may also include a stabilizer configured to at least partially surround the shaft and to maintain a portion of the shaft in a non-contacting relationship with the blood vessel wall.