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Merci Clot Retriever Device - Intra-arterial Stroke Therapy

L5 Concentric Retriever Device

 

X6 Concentric Retriever Device

 

MERCI Clot Retriever Device - removal of embolus from an artery in the brain.

Intra-arterial Stroke therapy/ MERCI Clot Retriever Device — stroke patients who are ineligible for treatment with IV tPA may benefit from interventional catheter based treatments that include diagnostic cerebral angiography, carotid angioplasty/stenting, intracranial angioplasty/stenting, intra-arterial administration of thrombolytic drugs, and a recently FDA approved catheter device (MERCI) for mechanical embolectomy. These services are provided at specialized tertiary stroke referral centers with experience in acute stroke treatments.

 

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