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. 2017 Feb 28;7(4):e00642. doi: 10.1002/brb3.642

Table 1.

Equipment used by the reperfusion procedure

Anterior circulation Posterior circulation
Mechanical thrombectomy with aspiration
Microcatheter Prowler Select +a Prowler Select +a
Guidewire 0,035 Glidewireb Glidewireb
Advantageb Advantageb
Microguidewire Fathom‐016c Fathom‐016c
Journeyc Journeyc
Guiding catheter Neuron 6Fd Neuron 6Fd
Destination 6Fb Destination 6Fb
ENVOYa6F
Strada Carotid Guiding Sheathe
Aspiration catheter Penumbra Reperfusion Catheter 041dwith Penumbra Separator 041d Penumbra Reperfusion Catheter 041dwith Penumbra Separator 041d
Penumbra Reperfusion Catheter 032dwith Penumbra Separator 032d Penumbra Reperfusion Catheter 032dwith Penumbra Separator 032d
Penumbra Reperfusion Catheter 026dwith Penumbra Separator 026d Penumbra Reperfusion Catheter 026dwith Penumbra Separator 026d
Mechanical thrombectomy with stent retriever
Microcatheter Rebarf Rebarf
Microguidewire Fathom‐016c Fathom‐016c
Journeyc Journeyc
Guiding catheter Destination 6Fb Destination 6Fb
Neuron 6F d Neuron 6F d
Strada Carotid Guiding Sheathe
Aspiration catheter Penumbra ACE 64d Penumbra ACE 64d
Penumbra 5 MAXd Penumbra 5 MAXd
Stent retriever Solitaire AB/FRf Solitaire AB/FRf
Stents and balloons
Carotic stent Adapt carotid stent 4‐9mmc
Intracranial stent Wingspan 2.5‐4.5mmc Wingspan 2.5‐4.5mmc
Balloon Gatewayc Gatewayc
a

Codman & Shurtleff, Inc. Raynham, MA, USA.

b

Terumo Medical Corporation, Somerset, NJ USA.

c

Boston Scientific Corporation, Natick, MA, USA.

d

Penumbra Inc. Alameda, CA, USA.

e

St. Jude Medical Inc. St. Paul, MN, USA.

f

Microtherapeutics, ev3, Irvine, CA, USA.