(A) The Bendit 17 can be navigated through a braided LVIS stent to reach the aneurysm, without a guidewire. (B) The Bendit 17 can be maneuvered through a braided LVIS Jr stent to enter the left carotid artery without a guidewire. (C, D) The Bendit 17 was twice able to access a nearly occluded right carotid artery and gain access to the lumen without a guidewire. The Headway 21, a comparator device with a guidewire, could not be used to cross the area of stenosis. (E) The Bendit 17 used to deploy the LVIS 4.5 stent along the right carotid artery in a steady manner.結論：BENDIT微導管超好的彎曲和扭轉能力，以及在彎曲位置的穩定性，能夠快速導航并優化支架（彈簧圈等）的部署。研究者強烈建議進行臨床研究，以確定這些導航優勢是否能更有效地治療顱內和外周動脈瘤。專家評價：
“我們之前使用Bendit微導管的經驗，保證我們有效使用Bendit微導管的彎曲和扭轉導航以及定位能力，以及彎曲位置的穩定性，Bendit微導管有可能治療常規微導管不適用的動脈瘤，例如側壁動脈瘤，需要定向控制和尖端定位，同時提供囊內裝置?！?
---?Alejandro Berenstein? 美國紐約西奈山伊坎醫學院
