3 papers
physics.med-ph2024
Self-sensing with hollow cylindrical transducers for histotripsy enhanced aspiration mechanical thrombectomy applications
Li Gong, Alex R. Wright, Kullervo Hynynen +1
To address existing challenges with intravascular mechanical thrombectomy devices, a novel ultrasound-enhanced aspiration approach is being developed to mechanically degrade clots…
physics.med-ph2024
A novel forward-looking ultrasound catheter for treating vascular occlusions
Jingjing Liu, Alex R. Wright, Kullervo Hynynen +1
Thrombotic and chronic occlusions of large blood vessels are a major cause of mortality and morbidity, and so there is a need for improved treatments in many clinical circumstances…
physics.med-ph2024
Histotripsy of blood clots within a hollow cylindrical transducer for aspiration thrombectomy applications
Li Gong, Alex R. Wright, Kullervo Hynynen +1
Thrombolytic occlusions in stroke, pulmonary embolism and the peripheral vasculature are increasingly treated with aspiration, a catheter-based approach that employs suction to ext…