About the Authors
- Johan Lundberg
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet and Department of Neuroradiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- Stefan Jonsson
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Affiliation Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
- Staffan Holmin
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* E-mail: staffan.holmin@karolinska.se
Affiliation Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet and Department of Neuroradiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Competing Interests
The medical device/catheter system described in the paper is subject to US and PCT patent application. The patent application is still in process. The entire system/device has been manufactured by hand and is not part of any now available commercial products or modified commercial products. None of the authors are shareholders in any company associated with the patent nor has any of the work with the device/catheter system been part of an employment or consultancy from any catheter developing company. In accordance with PLoS ONE sharing policies the authors will freely make available any materials and information associated with their publication that are reasonably requested by others for the purpose of academic, non-commercial research.
Author Contributions
Contributed to the design of the prototypes: SH JL SJ. Had the initial idea of transvascular intervention and performed microsurgery and angiographical intervention: SH. Wrote revisions of the manuscript: SH SJ. Performed simulations and flow-calculations: JL SJ. Developed early prototypes, performed microsurgery and angiographical intervention in small and large animals, assisted in building prototypes, wrote first draft and revisions of the manuscript: JL. Developed the construction process and built all the prototypes: SJ.