Minibasket for percutaneous embolectomy and filter protection against distal embolization: technical note.

As an alternative approach to thrombectomy in peripheral arteries, a miniaturized Dormia basket was designed which is attached to a 0.021 inch guidewire and can be introduced coaxially by a 3F thin-walled catheter. The device was applied successfully in 6 patients: for percutaneous thrombectomy in 5 patients with peripheral embolization during angioplasty and as a protective filter during thrombectomy in 1.