Clinical experience with a shape memory polymer peripheral vascular embolisation plug: a case series.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Shape memory polymers are materials that are manufactured in a certain shape, can be stored in a temporary deformed shape, and then return to - or remember - their original shape upon exposure to external stimuli such as temperature and moisture. This property lends itself to application in endovascular medical devices. Peripheral vasculature embolisation devices incorporating this novel technology have become commercially available and this case series, where the data were collected as part of a post market registry, outlines initial clinical experience with these novel devices.

Results

Eight cases are described in this series. The disease state/conditions for which embolisation was indicated were right common iliac artery aneurysms (n = 3), a type II endoleak in

SUBMITTER: Morgan RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7943681 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature