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  • January 17, 2024
    UB Startup Receives $2.9 Million to Develop Blood Test for Brain Aneurysms
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  • September 21, 2023
    Brain Aneurysm Foundation Announces 2023 Research Grants
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  • May 05, 2023
    UC Research Team Receives Brain Aneurysm Foundation Grant
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  • December 15, 2022
    Meet Research Grant Recipient: Stacey Wolfe, MD, FAANS
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  • December 06, 2022
    Meet Research Grant Recipient: Ananth K. Vellimana, MD
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  • October 20, 2022
    Meet Research Grant Recipient: Ben Strickland, MD
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  • October 20, 2022
    Meet Research Grant Recipients: Alfred P. See, PhD and Shivani Rangwala
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  • October 20, 2022
    Meet Research Grant Recipient: Edgar A. Samaniego, MD, MS
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  • October 17, 2022
    Meet Research Grant Recipient: Tatsat Patel, PhD & Sricharan Veeturi
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  • October 06, 2022
    Meet Research Grant Recipient: Seungil Kim, PhD
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  • AdventHealth Brain Aneurysm Support Group

    Winter Park, FL

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  • Baltimore Brain Aneurysm Foundation Support Group

    Lutherville-Timonium, MD

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  • Bay Area Aneurysm and Vascular Malformation Support Group

    San Francisco, CA

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  • January 11, 2022
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  • Technology

Clinicians Report Real-World Results on the Use of a New Device to Treat Brain Aneurysms

A recent international study led by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and other institutions offers real-world results on the use of a novel device for treating brain aneurysms, or balloon-like bulges on weakened blood vessels that can rupture to cause life-threatening bleeding.

The study, which is published in Stroke, involved the use of the Woven Endobridge (WEB) device. This device consists of a tiny mesh plug that can be inserted through a vessel and placed into an aneurysm to block, or occlude, blood from going into the bulging region — thereby stabilizing the vessel and preventing the aneurysm from rupturing. The device can also be used to stabilize previously ruptured aneurysms.

 



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