Medical Devices & Consumables
Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filters
An inferior vena cava filter (IVC filter) is a type of vascular filter, a medical device that is implanted by interventional radiologists or vascular surgeons into the inferior vena cava to presumably prevent life-threatening pulmonary emboli (PEs). Nearly all patients with deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism who are unable to undergo anticoagulation receive an inferior vena cava filter。Retrievable IVC Filters are also placed in high-risk patients prior to elective…
- Types
- Permanent IVC Filters · Retrievable IVC Filters
- Applications
- Treatment VTE · Prevent PE · Other
5 editions21 December 2025