Nature Communications (Jan 2022)

Application of magnetically actuated self-clearing catheter for rapid in situ blood clot clearance in hemorrhagic stroke treatment

  • Qi Yang,
  • Ángel Enríquez,
  • Dillon Devathasan,
  • Craig A. Thompson,
  • Dillan Nayee,
  • Ryan Harris,
  • Douglas Satoski,
  • Barnabas Obeng-Gyasi,
  • Albert Lee,
  • R. Timothy Bentley,
  • Hyowon Lee

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28101-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The authors present a magnetically powered, self-clearing implantable catheter that can rapidly remove hematoma from the brain without using drugs. Animals treated with this device had significantly better survival following a hemorrhagic stroke compared with regular catheters.