New milli-spinner technology from Stanford offers breakthrough in blood clot treatment by compressing clots to 5% of original ...

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The device, called a milli-spinner, is a tiny, powerfully rotating hollow tube outfitted with fins and slits. In action, both lab and swine tests demonstrate the ability to dramatically compact and ...

In blood-vessel-model and live pig tests, the milli-spinner was able to reduce the volume of clots by up to 95%, allowing for successful clot removal on approximately 90% of first attempts.

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Yet current clot-removal tools succeed on the first try only about 50 percent of the time. ... “At first, we simply wondered whether this suction could help remove a blood clot,” Zhao said.

However, whether using blood pressure medications to artificially lower systolic blood pressure to less than 180 mm is safe and effective has not been demonstrated following clot removal.

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A new milli-spinner thrombectomy device more than doubles the success rate of blood clot removal compared to current methods, achieving first-attempt clearance in up to 90% of difficult cases.