Services include patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) closure via Amplatz Canine
Ductal Occluder, balloon valvuloplasty for pulmonic stenosis, pacemaker implantation, invasive pressure measurements, and angiography.
(The skeptical reader may make a cardboard
occluder with two holes to directly compare the two.)
A new and often successful alternative to prescription medications such as Proin or Stilbestrol for the management and control of urinary in dogs is the use of hydraulic
urethral occluders.
Mandy Valin (Ross)- «Zygomatic Sialocele in a 14 year old German Shorthaired Pointer» Lauren Healy - «Stranguria in an 8 - year - old Female Nigerian Dwarf Goat» Kelsey (Garrett) Webb - «Thrombocytopenia Secondary to Presumptive Cholangiohepatitis in a Dog» Michael Myhre - «Urethral
Hydraulic Occluder Placement in a 9 - month - old Golden Retriever» Alex Quilty - Moderator
Physiologists (especially Leslie G. Ungerleider of the National Institute of Mental Health, Ricardo Gattass of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and Charles D. Gilbert of the Rockefeller University) have explored the neural mechanism of this process by monitoring the manner in which single neurons in the visual centers respond to objects partially covered by the blind spot or by
opaque occluders.
3D vision in mantises was originally shown in the 1980s by Samuel Rossel, but his work used prisms and
occluders which meant that only a very limited set of images could be shown.
The Umbra 3 middleware powers up real - time graphics performance and productivity with
automatic occluder generation and software based occlusion culling.
The Canine
Ductal Occluder is a device that can be delivered via a catheter to occlude (correct) a patent ductus artriosus, a common birth defect in dogs.
Rhode Island Hospital's David Williams, MD, performs a groundbreaking cardiac procedure for the first time in the Northeast, designed to prevent stroke from atrial fibrillation by inserting an «
occluder» into a portion of the patient's heart.
Using a range of techniques which rely on the use of images generated by diagnostic radiology equipment such as fluoroscopy, ultrasound, CT scan, or MRI imaging, the interventional radiologist precisely targets various organs with treatments such as stents,
occluders and medications.
The technique advances small metal coils (
occluders) through a catheter placed in a vein in the youngster's neck or groin.
Coils have traditionally been used to close PDAs, however in the last decade, a new device called the Amplatz Canine Ductal
Occluder (ACDO) has become available.
The latest version, 3.3, includes new dynamic
occluders, which enables devs to use dynamic elements as occluders.
While I don't really enjoy seeing any living creature subjected to the rigors of science (I'm hoping the subjects were retired to a nearby grassy field after their adventures at the lab) this research is pretty incredible and follows up on the 1980's work by Samuel Rossel using prisms and
occluders to prove the visual prowess of praying mantises.