thrombectomy
IPA: θrɑmbˈɛktʌmi
noun
- (surgery) The surgical removal of a blood clot or thrombus from a blood vessel.
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Examples of "thrombectomy" in Sentences
- Open the stopcock and Resume AngioJet in "thrombectomy" mode 36
- Open the stopcock and Resume AngioJet in "thrombectomy" mode 63
- Reverse Medical has CE Mark approval for the ReStore ™ Microcatheter for performing thrombectomy.
- In addition, the device will perform thrombectomy in a similar fashion as conventional devices being used today.
- These devices combine the maceration abilities of mechanical thrombectomy devices with the dissolving effects of targeted thrombolysis.
- The Company also markets aspiration and thrombectomy catheters for the removal of thrombus and support catheters to facilitate crossing of coronary and peripheral arterial blockages.
- Pharmacomechanical thrombectomy, such as those offered by EKOS and Covidien (which purchased the technology in its acquisition of Bacchus Vascular in 2009), is an emerging market in Europe.
- The thrombectomy device market, the largest segment covered in this report, consists of mechanical thrombectomy devices, aspiration catheters, embolectomy balloon catheters, and pharmacomechanical thrombectomy devices.
- One city that has done so is Coon Rapids, which has used the TIF pooling to help subsidize an expansion by Medrad Interventional/Possis Medical Inc., a provider of mechanical thrombectomy devices used to treat narrowed or blocked arteries and veins.
- The European market for clot management devices, which comprises the sale of thrombectomy devices, thrombolytic infusion catheters, neurovascular embolectomy devices, and inferior vena cava filters (IVCFs), will grow at a compound annual growth rate of nearly 8% through 2013.
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