RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Catheter design primer for neurointerventionalists
JF Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery
JO J NeuroIntervent Surg
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
SP jnis-2022-019567
DO 10.1136/jnis-2022-019567
A1 Cem Bilgin
A1 Jared Hutar
A1 Jiahui Li
A1 Oscar Castaño
A1 Marc Ribo
A1 David F Kallmes
YR 2022
UL http://jnis.bmj.com/content/early/2022/12/07/jnis-2022-019567.abstract
AB Neurovascular catheter technology has rapidly evolved over the past decade. While performance characteristics are well known to the practitioner, the design features of these new-generation catheters and their implications on performance metrics remain a mystery to most clinicians due to the limited number of available resources. This knowledge gap hampers informed device choices and also limits collaboration between clinicians and engineers. To aid fellow neurointerventionalists, in this primer we have summarized the basic concepts of catheter design and construction.