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Magnetically-Assisted Remote Controlled Microcatheter Tip Deflection under Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Published on: April 4, 2013
[Pliability and deflection of diagnostic catheters]
1Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem, Gépészmérnöki Kar Anyagtudomány és Technológia Tanszék Budapest Bertalan Lajos u. 7. 1111 Magyar Tudományos Akadémia-Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem Kompozittechnológiai Kutatócsoport Budapest.
Insights
This study examined cardiac catheter pliability, finding larger initial diameters showed greater diameter decrease. The method effectively identifies weak points in cardiac catheters.
Area of Science:
- Cardiovascular device engineering
- Biomedical materials science
Context:
- Cardiac catheters are crucial intravascular devices for cardiac diagnostics and therapeutics.
- Catheter integrity is vital, as breakage or kinking can occur during insertion or removal.
Purpose:
- To evaluate the pliability of cardiac catheters with identical materials but varying diameters.
- To assess catheter performance against Food and Drug Administration recommendations.
Summary:
- Investigated the relationship between initial diameter, diameter decrease, and deflection in cardiac catheters.
- A linear correlation between diameter decrease and deflection was observed, independent of measurement location.
- Larger initial diameter catheters exhibited a statistically significant (p=0.05) greater diameter decrease.
Impact:
- The developed methodology provides a valuable tool for assessing the mechanical weaknesses of cardiac catheters.
- Findings can inform the design and manufacturing of more robust and safer cardiac catheter devices.
Introduction:
The cardiac catheter is an intravascular catheter, which is introduced or implanted into the heart for diagnostic or therapeutic reasons. The catheters may break or king during their introduction and/or removal.
Aim:
The aim of the authors was to study the pliability of two catheters with the same material but different diameters according to the Food and Drug Administration's recommendation.
Method:
The bending points, diameter decrease, deflection, and their correlation and dependence on the distance from the tip, as well as the influence of the initial diameter of the catheters were determined. The bending of catheters was performed on 9 bending points (120-280 mm from the tip by 20 mm) on 16 gauges with different radius (10-2.5 mm by 0.5 mm).
Results:
A linear dependency between the diameter decrease and deflection was observed, which was independent from the placement of the measurement in both catheters examined. The larger initial diameter had significant (p = 0.05) greater diameter decrease than the smaller, but the curves characteristic of the diameter decrease and deflection were similar.
Conclusions:
The applied method seems to be useful for the examination of weak points of cardiac catheters.
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