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. 2018 Jan 16;18:8. doi: 10.1186/s12883-017-1007-y

Table 3.

List of mechanical thrombectomy (MT) devices

MT device Vendor Mechanism of action References
Merci Clot Retriever Concentric Medical Coil retriever [91–94]
Phenox Phenox, Bochum, Germany Coil retriever/Aspiration [95, 96]
Catch Balt, Montmorency, France Coil retriever [97–99]
Distal Access Catheter (DAC) DAC; Concentric Medical, US Coil retriever [129]
Early Penumbra Penumbra Inc., US Aspiration [88, 89, 235–237]
AngioJet Possis Medical, MN, USA Aspiration/Rheolytic thrombectomya [238–241]
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 [245–247]
Solitaire Covidien/Medtronic, Dublin, Ireland Stent retriever [126, 223, 248–254]
Trevo Stryker, Kalamazoo, Michigan, US Stent Retriever [92, 255–259]
ReVive™ Micrus Endovascular, CA, US Stent Retriever [260, 261]
APERIO Acandis, Pfzorheim, Germany Stent Retriever [261–263]
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 [269–271]
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 [277–284]

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]