Bard Meridian Filter Fracture

Fracture of an inferior vena cava (IVC) filter can result in strut migration and distant embolization of fractured limbs, leading to potentially serious health risks. Spontaneous limb fractures have been reported frequently with earlier models of retrievable Bard filters (Bard Peripheral Vascular, T...

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Main Authors: Wu, Alex, Moon, Eunice, Wang, Daniel Sheng, Hertz, Brain, Wang, Weiping
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer US 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/103315