May is National Stroke Awareness Month. What minimally invasive medical device, first approved in the United States in 2004, revolutionized treatment for certain ischemic strokes by physically removing blood clots from blocked brain arteries?
The mechanical thrombectomy device, often called a stent retriever. These catheter-based devices are guided through blood vessels into the brain, where they capture and remove clots causing ischemic stroke. Today’s devices combine advanced materials, flexible catheter engineering, and real-time imaging guidance to restore blood flow with far less invasiveness than open surgery. Source: www.stroke.org and www.fda.gov .
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