Apparatus and methods are provided for use in filtering emboli from a vessel andor performing thrombectomy and embolectomy, wherein a vascular device comprises one or more support hoops connected near a distal end of a guide wire, each support hoop having an articulation region, and a blood permeable sac affixed to the support hoop or hoops to form a mouth of the blood permeable sac. In accordance with a method of forming anodic components for electrolytic capacitors, a stencil is positioned adjacent to a substrate, the stencil being formed to define a plurality of apertures therethrough. The controller includes a processor configured to determine motor parameters of a given motor including a load and generate a set of baseline data for the given motor. The determined maximum operating capacities at each shop can be mapped out for each possible configuration of consolidating a selected number of print shops into a selected number of consolidated shops. A final PWM signal having a carrier frequency of the second frequency is generated from the digital duty cycle information.