Efficacy and Safety of a New Delivery Assist Catheter with a Flexible, Spindle-shaped Shaft, in Mechanical Thrombectomy

Large-bore aspiration catheters (ACs) are used successfully in mechanical thrombectomy (MT). However, tortuous access routes prevent device navigation because of the ledge effect. The AXS Offset Delivery Assist Catheter is designed to reduce the ledge effect. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether the Offset affects AC navigation compared with standard inner microcatheters in MT.