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Number of particles measured at the egress of the catheter without and with the in-line filter: overall particulate matter (Fig. 3A), particles ≥10 µm (Fig. 3B) and 25 µm (Fig. 3C). The Y-axis is plotted on a logarithmic scale for all histograms.