Thrombus treatment with emboli management

摘要

A method for treating a body lumen having a pathologic occlusion at least partially occluding a flow of body fluid in the lumen includes obstructing the lumen with an artificial occlusion distal to the pathologic occlusion. The pathologic occlusion is ablated in a process which may create a plurality of emboli of the pathologic occlusion on a proximal side of the artificial occlusion. The emboli are removed from the lumen and, subsequently, the artificial occlusion is removed.