Magnetic catheter guidance system could reduce risk
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
A catheter guidance system that combines X-rays with a magnetic field could provide doctors with quicker, easier and safer access to sites of aneurysm in the brain, say US researchers. The system, developed by Stereotaxis of St Louis, Missouri, could enable physicians to guide a magnetic-tipped catheter guidewire through the vascular system more rapidly and accurately than ever before.