Abstract: Apparatus for removal of a thrombus from a body of a subject includes an electrically-insulating tube, which includes a distal end having a circumferential wall that is shaped to define one or more perforations, configured for insertion into the body of the subject, an outer electrode, disposed over the distal end of the electrically-insulating tube, and configured to lie at least partly within the thrombus while the electrically-insulating tube is inside the body of the subject, and an inner electrode, configured to lie, within the tube, opposite the perforations, while the outer electrode lies at least partly within the thrombus. The outer electrode is configured to attract the thrombus while the outer electrode lies at least partly within the thrombus and the inner electrode lies opposite the perforations, when a positive voltage is applied between the outer electrode and the inner electrode such that electric current flows through the perforations.

Abstract: An apparatus (20) includes a tube (22), configured to advance to a blockage, and including a proximal hub (24) configured to connect to a suction-applying device such that, following the advancement of the tube to the blockage, a suction force generated by the suction-applying device is applied, via the tube, to the blockage, a shaft (26), including first and second electrically-conductive circumferential portions (28, 30), configured to pass through the tube, and first and second electrically-conductive elements (34, 38), configured to connect the first and second electrically-conductive circumferential portions to respective terminals of a power source (36).

Abstract: Described embodiments include an apparatus for removal of a thrombus from a body of a subject. The apparatus includes a first electrode, made of a first conductive metal, a second electrode, made of a second conductive metal that is different from the first conductive metal, and a voltage source, configured to apply a positive unipolar voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode while the first electrode is in contact with the thrombus, and while the second electrode is inside the body of the subject. Other embodiments are also described.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a flexible catheter device capable of being introduced into body passages, withdraw fluids therefrom or introduce fluids thereinto, and which includes electrodes configured to apply electrical signals in the body passage for carrying out thrombus dissolution and/or thrombectomy, wherein one of said electrodes is designed to contact the thrombus material and remove it or dissolve it, and wherein the electrical voltage signals are a unipolar pulsatile voltage signal.