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Abstract
SUMMARY: The clinical use of flow diverters for the treatment of intracranial aneurysms has rapidly grown. Consequently, the market and technology for these devices has also grown. Clinical performance characteristics of the flow diverter are well-known to the clinician. However, the engineering design principles behind how these devices achieve ideal clinical performance are less understood. This primer will summarize flow diverter design parameters for neurointerventionalists with the aim of promoting collaboration between clinicians and engineers.
ABBREVIATIONS:
- DFT
- drawn filled tubing
- FD
- flow diverter
- ID
- inner diameter
- PPI
- pics-per-inch
Footnotes
This work was partially funded by National Institutes of Health grant Nos. R01 NS076491 and R21 NS128199. Alexander Oliver is supported by American Heart Association grant No. 23PRE1012781.
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