#$%^&*AU2013224666A120131003.pdf#####ACUTE STROKE REVASCULARIZATION/RECANALIZATION SYSTEMS PROCESSES AND PRODUCTS THEREBY Abstract A system (100) configured to facilitate blood flow through a blood vessel of the cerebral vasculature of a patient, comprising a catheter (122, 112) a pusher a polymeric liner incorporated in the pusher and extending beyond a distal tip of the pusher, the polymeric liner comprising a plurality of apertures and configured for infusion of lytic agents through the apertures and a self-expanding revascularization device (124) distal to the pusher, the revascularization device comprising a proximal end tethered to the pusher, the revascularization device configured to compress an embolus into a luminal wall of the blood vessel when unsheathed from the catheter at a location of the embolus.
