Magnetically-Assisted Remote Controlled Microcatheter Tip Deflection under Magnetic Resonance ImagingSteven W. Hetts 1, Maythem Saeed 1, Alastair Martin 1, Prasheel Lillaney 1, Aaron Losey 2, Erin Jeannie Yee 1, Ryan Sincic 3, Loi Do 1, Lee Evans 1, Vincent Malba 1, Anthony F. Bernhardt 1, Mark W. Wilson 1, Anand Patel 1, Ronald L. Arenson 4, Curtis Caton 5, Daniel L. Cooke 1
1Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco , 2School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco , 3Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, UCSF Medical Center, 4University of California, San Francisco , 5Hansen Medical, Mountain View, CA
Current applied to an endovascular microcatheter with microcoil tip made by laser lathe lithography can achieve controllable deflections under magnetic resonance (MR) guidance, which may improve speed and efficacy of navigation of vasculature during various endovascular procedures.
