Penumbation
Penumbation (noun)
The act of penumbating.
The act of penumbating.
Jason demonstrated penumbation to his peers while aspirating acute thrombus.
Penumbate
Penumbate (verb)
The act of rapidly moving a separator wire in and out through the tip of a continuous aspiration thrombectomy catheter during vacuum suction with the goal of thrombus removal.
The act of rapidly moving a separator wire in and out through the tip of a continuous aspiration thrombectomy catheter during vacuum suction with the goal of thrombus removal.
The interventional radiologist penumbated the large arterial embolus until it was removed.