Penumbra, a company famous for its suction-based stroke clot removal devices, is releasing what it says is its “most advanced technology,” the Penumbra JET 7 and Penumbra JET D Reperfusion Catheters. The devices work with the company’s Penumbra ENGINE system provides the vacuum aspiration that’s necessary to pull a thrombus from inside a vessel in the brain.
The JET 7 (shown on right) is designed for larger vessels that are closer and easier to access, while the JET D (top) is for distal clots that require a narrower, more compliant catheter. The JET 7 has a .072″ lumen, which is quite large and the construction of the catheter includes 20 different sections that help achieve easier access and navigation through the vasculature, including so-called “Quad-Wire” technology closer to the handle that makes pushing the catheter a more confident and consistent process.
“The JET 7 Reperfusion Catheter with its advanced tracking technology and large 0.072” aspiration lumen is the most advanced device for stroke. In my clinical experience, I was able to easily and quickly navigate the JET 7 through tortuous anatomy to the face of the clot and achieve full revascularization after a single pass,” in a published statement said Alejandro M. Spiotta, MD, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, S.C. “We know from our own published experience that increases in aspiration lumen size have led to faster recanalization times and higher likelihood of success at first pass without compromising safety. I eagerly await collecting and publishing our clinical experience with JET 7.”
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