1. A mount for a bonnet of a blowout preventer, comprising:
at least one support member coupled to a body of the blowout preventer; and
a bonnet mounting member moveably coupled to the at least one support member
and adapted to move substantially normal to a face of the body of the blowout preventer;
wherein the bonnet is coupled to the bonnet mounting member;
wherein the bonnet is in sealing engagement with the body of the blowout preventer in an engaged position.
2. The mount of claim 1, wherein the at least one support member comprises a first support member adapted to have wheels travel along a top surface thereof and a second support member adapted to have wheels travel along a top surface thereof, and wherein the bonnet mounting member comprises a first wheel block disposed at a first end of the bonnet mounting member and adapted to roll along the top surface of the first support member and a second wheel block disposed at a second end of the bonnet mounting member and adapted to roll along the top surface of the second support member.
3. The mount of claim 2, wherein the first wheel block comprises two wheels and the second wheel block comprises two wheels.
4. The mount of claim 2, further comprising a swivel coupled to the bonnet mounting member and to the bonnet, the swivel adapted to enable rotation of the bonnet when the bonnet is disengaged from the body of the blowout preventer.
5. The mount of claim 4, wherein the swivel is coupled to the bonnet proximate a center of mass of the bonnet.
6. The mount of claim 4, wherein the swivel is coupled to the bonnet proximate an axis of the bonnet.
7. The mount of claim 4, further comprising a bearing disposed between the bonnet mounting member and the swivel.
8. The mount of claim 7, wherein the bearing comprises one selected from a group consisting of a thrust bearing and a radial bearing.
9. The mount of claim 1, wherein the at least one support member comprises a first support member hingedly coupled to the body of the blowout preventer and a second support member hingedly coupled to the body of the blowout preventer.
10. The mount of claim 9, wherein the first support member and the second support member are hingedly coupled to the body of the blowout preventer to enable horizontal movement of the bonnet.
11. The mount of claim 9, further comprising:
a first movement block moveably coupled to the first support member and rotationally coupled to the bonnet mounting member; and
a second movement block moveably coupled to the second support member and rotationally coupled to the bonnet mounting member.
12. The mount of claim 11, wherein the bonnet mounting member is coupled to the bonnet proximate a center of mass of the bonnet.
13. The mount of claim 11, wherein the bonnet mounting member is coupled to the bonnet proximate an axis of the bonnet.
14. The mount of claim 9, wherein the bonnet mounting member is slideably coupled to the first support member and to the second support member.
15. The mount of claim 9, wherein the bonnet mounting member comprises at least one first wheel adapted to roll along the first support member and at least one second wheel along the second support member.
16. The mount of claim 1, wherein the at least one support member comprises a first support member hingedly coupled to the blowout preventer body on a first side of the side opening, and a second support member hingedly coupled to the blowout preventer body on the first side of the side opening.
17. The mount of claim 16, further comprising a vertical bonnet support member moveably coupled to the first support member and the second support member, and coupled to the bonnet mounting member.
18. The mount of claim 17, wherein the vertical bonnet support member is slidably coupled to the first support member and the second support member.
19. The mount of claim 18, wherein the vertical bonnet support member comprises a bearing.
20. The mount of claim 19, wherein the bearing comprises one selected from a group consisting of a thrust bearing and a radial bearing.
21. The mount of claim 17, further comprising:
a third support member coupled to the blowout preventer body on a second side of the side opening; and
a movement block moveably coupled to the third support member and coupled the bonnet mounting member;
wherein the third support member has a length selected so that the movement block decouples from the third support member when the bonnet mounting member is moved away from the blowout preventer body.
22. The mount of claim 21, wherein the movement block is slidably coupled to the third support member.
23. The mount of claim 1, wherein the sealing engagement comprises a radial seal sealingly engaged with an inner sealing surface of the body of the blowout preventer.
24. The mount of claim 23, wherein the sealing engagement further comprises a face seal sealingly engaged with a face surface of the body of the blowout preventer.
25. The mount of claim 1, wherein the bonnet mounting member comprises at least one of a linear bearing and a bushing disposed between the bonnet mounting member and the at least one support member.
26. The mount of claim 1, wherein the at least one support member is disposed below an axis of a side opening of the body of the blowout preventer.
27. A method for accessing a ram cooperatively attached to a bonnet of a blowout preventer, the method comprising:
disengaging the bonnet from a body of the blowout preventer;
moving the bonnet away from the body of the blowout preventer in a direction substantially normal to a face of the body of the blowout preventer; and
accessing the ram;
wherein the bonnet comprises at least one bonnet mounting member extending therefrom,
wherein the at least one bonnet mounting member is moveably coupled to at least one support member coupled to the body of the blowout preventer;
wherein the bonnet is in sealing engagement with the body of the blowout preventer in an engaged position.
28. The method of claim 27, wherein moving the bonnet comprises rolling the bonnet using wheels connected to the at least one support member, and further comprising rotating the bonnet with respect to the body of the blowout preventer.
29. The method of claim 28, wherein the rotating the bonnet occurs about a rotational axis that intersects a center of mass of the bonnet.
30. A mount for a bonnet of a blowout preventer, comprising:
at least one support member coupled to a body of the blowout preventer; and
a bonnet mounting member moveably coupled to the at least one support member and adapted to move substantially normal to a face of the body of the blowout preventer;
wherein the bonnet is coupled to the bonnet mounting member;
wherein the at least one support member is disposed below an axis of a side opening of the body of the blowout preventer.
31. The mount of claim 30, wherein the bonnet is in sealing engagement with the body of the blowout preventer in an engaged position.
32. The mount of claim 31, wherein the sealing engagement comprises a radial seal sealingly engaged with an inner sealing surface of the body of the blowout preventer.
33. The mount of claim 32, wherein the sealing engagement further comprises a face seal sealingly engaged with a face surface of the body of the blowout preventer.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1-62. (canceled)
63. An intravascular apparatus for removing an obstruction from a vessel of a patient, the device comprising:
a microcatheter having a size and flexibility to navigate within a neurovascular region of the patient;
a first and second near connector, each being self expanding and having a first expanded profile when unconstrained, such that on deployment in the vessel the near connectors expand towards the first expanded profile;
at least a first far connector, being collapsible to fit within the microcatheter and having a second expanded profile when unconstrained, such that on deployment in the vessel the far connectors expand towards the second expanded profile and expands within the vessel;
at least one lead filament coupling at least one of the near connectors to the microcatheter;
a plurality of first filaments extending between the first near and first far connector;
a plurality of second traversing filaments extending between the second near and first far connector;
where rotation of the first near connector relative to the second near connector causes the first and second traversing filaments to form a mesh shape.
64. The intravascular apparatus of claim 63, farther comprising a second far connector where a first portion of the plurality of second traversing elements extend to the first far connector and a second portion of the plurality of second traversing elements extend to the second far connector, the first near and first far connectors are coaxial with the second near and second far connectors.
65. The intravascular apparatus of claim 63, further comprising a blood permeable member affixed to the far connector, the blood permeable member being collapsible to fit within the microcatheter.
66. The intravascular apparatus of claim 65, where the blood permeable member comprises a structure selected from the group consisting of a basket, a filter, a bag, a coil, a helical wire structure, a mesh, a corrugated sheet, a braided wires, a single wound wire, a plurality of crossing wires, a tube, a membranes, and a film.
67. The intravascular apparatus of claim 65, further comprising a plurality of hook shaped members located on the blood permeable member.
68. The intravascular apparatus of claim 63, where the expanded profile of the near connectors comprise a shape selected from a circle, an arcuate shape, a partial circular shape, a loop, an oval, a square, a rectangle, a polygon, an overlapping loop, a pair of semi-circles, a flower shape, and a FIG. 8.
69. The intravascular apparatus of claim 63, where the expanded profile of the far connectors a shape selected from a circle, an arcuate shape, a partial circular shape, a loop, an oval, a square, a rectangle, a polygon, an overlapping loop, a pair of semi-circles, a flower shape, and a FIG. 8.
70. The intravascular apparatus of claim 63, further comprising a plurality of hook shaped members located on at least one filament.
71. The intravascular apparatus of claim 63, where the near connectors are collapsible to fit within the microcatheter.
72. The intravascular apparatus of claim 63, where at least one of the near connectors is affixed to an exterior of the microcatheter.
73. The intravascular apparatus of claim 63, where the near connectors comprise a plurality of near connector portions.
74. The intravascular apparatus of claim 73, where at least one of the near connector portions is axially spaced from another near connector portion.
75. The intravascular apparatus of claim 63, where the first far connector comprises a plurality of far connector portions.
76. The intravascular apparatus of claim 75, where at least one of the far connector portions is axially spaced from another far connector portion.
77. The intravascular apparatus of claim 63, further comprising at least one support ring within the filament.
78. The intravascular apparatus of claim 63, where the near connector, the lead filament, and the plurality of traversing filaments, are collapsible to fit within the microcatheter and are self-expanding upon deployment from the micro catheter.
79-167. (canceled)