Interventional technology developer Cook of Bloomington, IN, reported that physicians in Australia have successfully implanted its retrievable vena cava filter in a human patient.
The Cook Celect vena cava filter was used on an 81-year-old female patient hospitalized for pelvic and rib fractures to minimize the risk of pulmonary embolism, according to the firm. The procedure was carried out by a team led by Dr. Stuart Lyon at the Alfred Hospital in Victoria, Australia.
The company said that, in animal trials, the Celect filter has been retrieved without difficulty or complication after being implanted for more than one year, which may prove beneficial to human patients whose risk of pulmonary embolism has lessened sufficiently to allow the filter to be withdrawn.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
December 6, 2005
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