thrombectomy
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Etymology
Origin of thrombectomy
Probably earlier than 1960–65; thromb(us) + -ectomy
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Boston Scientific has agreed to buy thrombectomy company Penumbra for about $15 billion in cash and stock in a deal that bolsters its cardiovascular portfolio.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
Boston Scientific has agreed to buy the thrombectomy company, which makes medical devices to treat vascular conditions like stroke and aneurysms, for roughly $15 billion in a cash-and-stock deal.
From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026
The best treatment is a thrombectomy, where a specialist uses catheters and wires to remove the clot.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025
"Mechanical thrombectomy has allowed people that otherwise would have died or become significantly disabled be completely restored, as if their stroke never happened," said Bernstock.
From Science Daily ● May 17, 2024
Since the early 2000s, when the first version of a thrombectomy device was cleared by the U.S.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
Penumbra’s portfolio focuses largely on devices used in mechanical thrombectomies, a minimally invasive procedure to remove blood clots, and for neurovascular conditions.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 15, 2026
While there have been remote thrombectomies carried out before on a silicon model, a 3D printed replica and on an animal, this is thought to have been the first procedure on a human body.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025
It was 2009, and Goyal, a neuroradiologist who works at Foothills and the adjoining University of Calgary, had already been trying thrombectomies for about half a decade.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
In that yawning gap, Yavagal sees the potential for rapid gains: If you’re only doing 20 thrombectomies a year, doubling that to 40 over a couple of years is achievable.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
Fourteen percent of the people who had thrombectomies died, compared with 26 percent in the medical therapy group.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 24, 2018
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