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Platelets are cells that take part in the blood clotting process. They protect the walls of the vessels from mechanical damage and prevent significant blood loss. These blood shapes differ in the smallest size (2-3 microns) and the absence of nuclei.
The lifespan of platelets in human blood does not exceed 10 days. Then the cells are renewed. If the balance between their production and destruction is broken, then a person develops a tendency to bleed or to thrombus formation.
Blood clots
A blood clot is an intravital clot of blood in the lumen of a blood vessel or in the cavity of the heart, formed as a result of activation of the blood clotting system and arising in response to damage to the vessel.
So, at a large increase, you can consider the mechanism of thrombosis.
Fighting blood clots
2023
A device has been released to remove blood clots from the right heart without surgery
On August 15, 2023, AngioDynamics announced the AngioVac system, designed to nonsurgically remove blood clots from the right heart. Read more here.
The first device for automatic treatment of whole donated blood for the purpose of platelet excretion has been released
On August 1, 2023, Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies (Terumo BCT) announced the release of the Revels system, a one-of-a-kind device in the world that is designed to automatically process whole donated blood to isolate platelets. Read more here.
Thrombectomy device came out to help patients avoid amputations
On June 1, 2023, the U.S. company Penumbra, based in California, unveiled the Lightning Bolt 7 medical complex. This is said to be the most advanced and powerful arterial thrombectomy system on the market. Read more here.
A device for removing blood clots using ultrasound has been developed
At the end of January 2023, scientists from North Carolina State University and Georgia Tech presented a device that is designed specifically to affect blood clots formed by cerebral venous sinus thrombosis using ultrasound. Read more here.
"Most powerful mechanical system" for removing large blood clots released
On January 10, 2023, the American company Penumbra presented the Lightning Flash complex. It is claimed to be the most advanced and powerful mechanical thrombectomy system on the market. Read more here.
Endovascular surgery
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