Filter types used in this study
| Nitinol Filaments + Synthetic Membrane | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material Design | Concentric | Eccentric | Nitinol Basket | ||||
| Type | Accunet | AngioGuard | EmboShield | EPI FilterWire EX | FilterWire EZ | Spider | |
| Manufacturer | Guidant | Cordis | Abbott | Boston Scientific | Boston Scientific | ev3 | |
| Porus size | 115 μm | 100 μm | 150 μm | 80 μm | 110 μm | 110 μm | |
| Crossing profile | 3.2F | 3.2F | 3.7F | 3.9F | 3.2F | 3.2F | |
| Number used in this study | 2 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 9 | |