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From: Mechanical thrombectomy for pulmonary embolism in patients with patent foramen Ovale

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The FlowTriever System. a The FlowTriever System consists of a 20Fr/95 cm catheter, called the Triever20, which is placed through the right heart into the pulmonary artery. The Triever20 can be used by itself to perform suction thrombectomy or can be used as a guide through which the FlowTriever catheter is advanced. b The FlowTriever catheter has three self-expanding nitinol disks that are unsheathed to engage, disrupt, and extract the thrombus while simultaneously aspirating and withdrawing this through the Triever20

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