The bird's nest filter: a new percutaneous transcatheter inferior vena cava filter.
The bird's nest filter is a new transvenous stainless steel inferior vena cava filter designed for percutaneous introduction. The filter design eliminates the technical problems associated with other transvenous filters and produces an effective nonthrombogenic barrier to potential pulmonary emboli.
D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D005374:Filtration / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior