The Versatile Distal Access Catheter: The Cleveland Clinic Experience

• Published in: Neurosurgery Vol. 68; no. 6; pp. 1677 - 1686
• Main Authors: Spiotta, Alejandro M, Hussain, Muhammad S., Sivapatham, Thinesh, Bain, Mark, Gupta, Rishi, Moskowitz, Shaye I., Hui, Ferdinand K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hagerstown, MD Oxford University Press 01.06.2011; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aneurysms; Biological and medical sciences; Catheters; Embolization, Therapeutic - instrumentation; Endovascular Procedures - instrumentation; Female; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Neurosurgery; Neurosurgical Procedures - instrumentation; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Neurointerventional technique; Distal access catheter; Microcatheter stability; Catheter; Nervous system diseases; Surgery

Abstract BACKGROUND: Vascular access is fundamental to any endovascular intervention. Concentric Medical has developed the Outreach Distal Access Catheter (DAC), which affords stable access at the target vessel modulating the forces at play within the thrombectomy device complex. The DAC is a device...