Abstract: A catheter for extracting thrombotic material from a head blood vessel. The catheter includes a suction sheath to extract the thrombotic material from a distal side to a proximal side of the catheter; an inflation sheath to feed an inflatable balloon to occlude the blood vessel in an inflated state; a tubular extension extending beyond the distal end of the inflation sheath, the extension being defined such that a distal tip of the extension is placed downstream the ophthalmic segment when the distal end of the inflation sheath is placed upstream the ophthalmic segment. A method for extracting thrombotic material from a head blood vessel is provided as well.