TY - JOUR
T1 - Optional Vena Cava Filter with Disengaging Centering Struts
T2 - Retrieval in an Animal Model
AU - Hoppe, Hanno
AU - Beyer, Theodore J.
AU - Park, Won Kyu
AU - Uchida, Barry T.
AU - Pavcnik, Dusan
AU - Keller, Frederick S.
AU - Kaufman, John A.
PY - 2008/12/1
Y1 - 2008/12/1
N2 - An optional inferior vena cava (IVC) filter prototype was evaluated for safety and long-term retrievability as an initial feasibility study in an animal model. This filter has four centering struts that have the ability to disengage from the filtering cone portion, allowing the legs to slide out of endothelial growth. Retrieval of six filters in three animals was successful up to 27 weeks. There was no substantial filter tilt, migration, or IVC damage. In conclusion, this filter design may help overcome some of the shortcomings in currently approved optional IVC filters, including long-term retrieval difficulties, tilting, or migration.
AB - An optional inferior vena cava (IVC) filter prototype was evaluated for safety and long-term retrievability as an initial feasibility study in an animal model. This filter has four centering struts that have the ability to disengage from the filtering cone portion, allowing the legs to slide out of endothelial growth. Retrieval of six filters in three animals was successful up to 27 weeks. There was no substantial filter tilt, migration, or IVC damage. In conclusion, this filter design may help overcome some of the shortcomings in currently approved optional IVC filters, including long-term retrieval difficulties, tilting, or migration.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jvir.2008.09.006
DO - 10.1016/j.jvir.2008.09.006
M3 - Article
C2 - 18948023
AN - SCOPUS:56349087889
VL - 19
SP - 1772
EP - 1776
JO - Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
JF - Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
SN - 1051-0443
IS - 12
ER -