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AngioGuard's technology incorporates an angioplasty guidewire with a filter that expands to 6 mm and is placed distal to the target lesion to capture and retrieve embolic debris (Fig.
The MedNova NeuroShield (MedNova Inc., Galway, Ireland) is a filter that is mounted on the distal tip of a 0.014 inch guidewire, and its use requires both a delivery catheter and a retrieval catheter.
The wire serves as both the angioplasty guidewire and provides protection from distal embolization.
The filter guidewire is placed within the delivery catheter and is passed through the target stenosis, the delivery catheter is withdrawn, the filter is deployed, and after completion of the vascular intervention (angioplasty, stenting, etc.) the retrieval catheter is used to envelop the filter.