Historical reminiscence: origin of the Greenfield filter.
The Greenfield filter was the result of collaboration between a surgeon and a petroleum engineer. Originally it was a component of a catheter management approach to massive pulmonary embolism. Industry support allowed further technical improvements and long-term patient followup studies.
Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. lazarg@umich.edu
Lazar J
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D001698:Biomedical Engineering / Q000266:history; D004867:Equipment Design; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000517:prevention & control; D016306:Vena Cava Filters / Q000266:history*