Microapproach Surgical Supplies Guiding Catheter Sheath

 

 

1. Flat-wire-braided, 100-cm catheter shaft with PTFE liner
2. One-piece molded hub and strain relief
3. Curves designed for transradial access
4. Radiopaque for fluoroscopic visualization
5. Soft, radiused tip 
6. Ultra-thin tube with flat wire braid pattern to provide large lument for devices smooth delivery
7. Hydrophilic coating
8. Kink resistance


** Recommended Procedure

1) Remove the guiding catheter from its packaging using
sterile techniques.
2) Flush the guiding catheter lumen with a heparinized
saline solution.
3) Appropriate anticoagulation and vasodilation therapy
should be used.
4) Introduce the guiding catheter into the vasculature through
the catheter sheath introducer, and/or over an indwelling
guidewire using a percutaneous entry technique of choice.
5) Under fluoroscopic guidance, advance the guiding catheter over
the guidewire or introducer until the desired position is attained.
6) Remove the guidewire prior to introduction of other
intravascular devices or infusion of contrast agents.


** Complications
Use of guiding catheters should be restricted to those specialists trained to perform procedures for which the product is indicated.Complications may occur at any time during or after the procedure and may include, but are not limited to, the following: hemorrhage, hematoma, allergic reaction, infection, embolism, blood vessel dissection or occlusion.