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[SUMMARY] Endovascular therapy has gained popularity over the years alongside open surgery, radiosurgery, and medical therapy. Various devices are used in endovascular therapy, including the catheter introducer（also called catheter inserter）, which is commonly used when catheters（guiding balloon catheters, thrombectomy catheters, or microcatheters）are introduced into hemostasis valves or Y connecters. However, it has not been officially described in any medical article, technical book, or proceedings. There are two kinds of introducers, slit type（pull-out type）and split type（peel-away type） ; the former is difficult to attach over the middle of the catheter, the latter, meanwhile, cannot be reused. We found that widening the slit of the pull-out type introducer and opening only one side of the split type introducer solve these problems, respectively. Although these processes may seem trivial, they shorten the procedure time and consequently improve treatment results. |
