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Flow Diversion Device
In 2011, the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) approved
a new endovascular device called
the Pipeline™ Embolization
Device (PED).
The PED is a flexible mesh
tube made of platinum and
nickel-cobalt alloy. Using an
endovascular approach like
Pipeline™ Embokization Devie (PED)
that used in coiling (via a
catheter in an artery in the
groin), the doctor places the device in the artery from which the aneurysm
protrudes (the parent artery), covering the neck of the aneurysm. The device
directs blood flow past the aneurysm, which causes clotting and prevents it
from expanding or rupturing. This may also cause the aneurysm to shrink
over time.
The PED can be useful for the treatment of very large or wide-necked
aneurysms, which often cannot be effectively treated with coiling.
Investigations are currently under way at many medical centers to
determine whether the PED may also be safe and effective to use in
other types of aneurysms.
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