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Method to rotate an endovascular device around the axis of a vessel using an external magnetic field.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17278518     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A magnetic guidance methodology to rotate a device around the catheter axis is proposed. The specific medical application is to intracranial aneurysms. An endovascular device, the asymmetric stent, has a low porosity region that is rotated to cover the aneurysm neck so as to reduce the blood flow into and hence obliterate the aneurysm. The magnetic guidance system consists of a magnetic device attached to the asymmetric stent and an external homogeneous magnetic field of 0.1 T. This magnetic field puts a torque on the magnetic moment of the magnetic device, thereby rotating the stent for proper orientation. For the magnetic device with the required magnetic moment of 0.001 A m2, a cylindrical neodymium permanent magnet is proposed due to its favorable material characteristics while a coil electromagnet with iron core appears impractical due to demagnetizing effects.
Authors:
E Florin; H S Rangwala; S Rudin
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Medical physics     Volume:  34     ISSN:  0094-2405     ISO Abbreviation:  Med Phys     Publication Date:  2007 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-02-06     Completed Date:  2007-02-28     Revised Date:  2007-12-03    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0425746     Medline TA:  Med Phys     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  328-33     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Toshiba Stroke Research Center, University at Buffalo (SUNY), Buffalo, New York 14214, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Blood Vessel Prosthesis*
Catheterization / instrumentation*,  methods*
Computer-Aided Design
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Magnetics / instrumentation*,  therapeutic use*
Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
R01EB002873/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS; R01NS43924/NS/NINDS NIH HHS

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