Reperfusion therapy in acute ischemic stroke: dawn of a new era?

Bhaskar, Sonu; Stanwell, Peter; Cordato, Dennis; Attia, John; Levi, Christopher

doi:10.1186/s12883-017-1007-y

BMC Neurology

Table 3 List of mechanical thrombectomy (MT) devices

From: Reperfusion therapy in acute ischemic stroke: dawn of a new era?

MT device	Vendor	Mechanism of action	References
Merci Clot Retriever	Concentric Medical	Coil retriever	[91,92,93,94]
Phenox	Phenox, Bochum, Germany	Coil retriever/Aspiration	[95, 96]
Catch	Balt, Montmorency, France	Coil retriever	[97,98,99]
Distal Access Catheter (DAC)	DAC; Concentric Medical, US	Coil retriever	[129]
Early Penumbra	Penumbra Inc., US	Aspiration	[88, 89, 235,236,237]
AngioJet	Possis Medical, MN, USA	Aspiration/Rheolytic thrombectomy^a	[238,239,240,241]
EKOS Primo	EKOS, Bothell, WA	Ultrasound-based on mechanical clot disruption	[242]
Neuroform	Stryker Neurovascular, US	Stent Retriever	[243, 244]
Enterprise	Codman, Raynham, MA, US	Stent Retriever	[245,246,247]
Solitaire	Covidien/Medtronic, Dublin, Ireland	Stent retriever	[126, 223, 248,249,250,251,252,253,254]
Trevo	Stryker, Kalamazoo, Michigan, US	Stent Retriever	[92, 255,256,257,258,259]
ReVive™	Micrus Endovascular, CA, US	Stent Retriever	[260, 261]
APERIO	Acandis, Pfzorheim, Germany	Stent Retriever	[261,262,263]
Embotrap Revascularization system	Neuravi, Ireland	Stent Retriever	[264]
pREset	Phenox, Bochum, Germany	Stent Retriever	[265]
The Mindframe Capture LP	Medtronic, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Stent Retriever	[266, 267]
ERIC	MicroVention, CA, US	Stent Retriever	[268]
SOFIA	MicroVention, CA, US	Stent Retriever	[269,270,271]
Penumbra 5MAX ACE	Penumbra Inc., California, US	Aspiration	[103, 104, 106, 107, 272]
Penumbra ACE 64	Penumbra Inc., California, US	Aspiration	[105, 107, 273, 274]
Penumbra 3D separator	Penumbra Inc., California, US	Aspiration	[108, 109]
LaTIS Neurolaser laser	Latis Inc., Minneapolis, Minn	Laser recanalization based mechanical clot disruption	[275]
EPAR laser	EndoVasix, Belmont, CA	Laser recanalization based mechanical clot disruption	[130]
MicroLysUS catheter	EKOS, Bothell, WA, US	Ultrasound-based mechanical clot disruption	[276]
Wingspan	Stryker Neurovascular, Fremont, CA, US	Ultrasound-based mechanical clot disruption	[277,278,279,280,281,282,283,284]

ERIC Embolus Retriever with Interlinked Cage; SOFIA Soft Torqueable Catheter Optimized For Intracranial Access
^aRheolytic thrombectomy refers to the mechanical procedure of removing thrombus using multiple high-velocity, high-pressure saline jets of saline from the tip of a catheter using an AngioJet system [285]

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