Expanding on traditional embolization by utilising a pressure-directed balloon system for occlusion in the peripheral vasculature, interventional radiologists Brian Kouri (Atrium Health Wake Forest, Winston Salem, USA) and Aaron Fischman (Mount Sinai Health System, New York, USA)-the former focused on yttrium 90 (Y-90) radioembolization and the latter prostate artery embolization (PAE)-speak to Interventional News to share how the Sniper (Varian) balloon occlusion microcatheter has become integral to their practice.