WIRE GUIDES

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WIRE GUIDES

Product catalog summary
Product Portfolio Overview
This document provides a comprehensive overview of the wire guide portfolio, focusing on interventional, hydrophilic, and diagnostic wire guides. These products are developed in collaboration with physicians to meet various procedural needs effectively.
Interventional Wire Guides
  • Lunderquist® Extra Stiff Wire Guide: Known for its exceptional stiffness and support, ideal for aortic procedures. It is PTFE-coated and used for major vessels.
  • Amplatz Support Wire Guide: Offers over 25 stiffness variations, providing more support than diagnostic guides but less than Lunderquist. PTFE-coated and available in various configurations.
  • Amplatz Support Wire Guide with Apex Curve: Designed for interventional device placement within heart chambers, especially for trans-catheter aortic valve procedures.
  • Disposable Reuter Tip-Deflecting Wire Guide: Used for curving or deflecting catheter tips in angiography and catheter repositioning procedures.
  • Roadrunner® Extra-Support Wire Guide: Features a nitinol shaft and platinum tip, designed for catheter delivery into the cardiovascular system.
  • Approach® CTO Microwire Guide: Facilitates catheter delivery into peripheral vasculature, especially beyond stenotic lesions.
  • Coons Interventional Wire Guide: Provides necessary stiffness for difficult catheter placements.
Hydrophilic Wire Guides
  • Roadrunner® PC Wire Guide: Offers enhanced trackability for evolving procedural demands.
  • Approach® Hydro ST Microwire Guide: Designed for optimal performance in hydrophilic applications.
Diagnostic Wire Guides
  • Bentson Wire Guide: Essential for everyday vascular procedures, known for reliability and consistency.
  • Rosen Curved Wire Guide: Provides flexibility and support for diagnostic procedures.
  • Cope Mandril Wire Guide: Offers a balance of flexibility and support for diagnostic applications.
  • Newton Wire Guide: Known for its reliability in diagnostic procedures.
  • Fixed Core Wire Guide: Facilitates device placement during diagnostic and interventional procedures.
  • Double Flexible-Tipped Wire Guide: Provides enhanced flexibility for complex procedures.
Technical Specifications
The document includes detailed specifications for each wire guide, such as diameter, length, tip configuration, and material composition. PTFE coating is highlighted for enhanced performance and safety.
Conclusion
The wire guide portfolio is comprehensive, offering a range of options tailored to specific procedural needs, ensuring precision, reliability, and optimal performance in vascular care.
Specifications
Wire guides are primarily constructed with a stainless steel inner mandril and a PTFE-coated stainless steel outer coil. They are available in various diameters and lengths, with some featuring nitinol for flexibility or platinum for visibility.
Key Features
  • PTFE coating for reduced friction and ease of insertion.
  • Variety of tip configurations to accommodate different procedural requirements.
  • Hydrophilic coatings on certain models to enhance maneuverability.
  • Platinum tips for improved visibility under imaging.
Availability
Not all products or part numbers are available in all markets. Users should contact their local Cook representative or Customer Support for availability details.
Historical Context
Cook Medical has been a pioneer in the development of wire guides since the 1960s, collaborating with leading physicians to innovate and improve access technologies.
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Your path to success starts here Explore our vast wire guide portfolio WIRE GUIDES

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Wires Explore our extensive vascular wire guide portfolio, featuring interventional, hydrophilic, and diagnostic options tailored to meet your procedural needs. Partnering closely with physicians, we’ve curated a diverse range of wire guides to address unmet clinical needs effectively. Interventional Explore our interventional wire guides, featuring the iconic Lunderquist® Extra Stiff Wire Guide, seen as the gold standard for aortic procedures with its exceptional stiffness and support. Explore our comprehensive Amplatz portfolio, offering a range of stiffness levels tailored to diverse procedural...

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Interventional wire guides Lunderquist®-Ring Wire Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Lunderquist® Extra Stiff Wire Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Amplatz Support Wire Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Amplatz Support Wire Guide with Apex Curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Disposable...

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Lunderquist®-Ring WIRE GUIDE PTFE-coated stainless steel outer coil Interventional wire guides Extra solder points to create torque response Did you know Developed in the late 1970s, this wire was designed specifically for interventional procedures.

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Lunderquist®-RingWIRE GUIDEFixed core wire guides are intended to facilitate the placement of devices during diagnostic and interventional procedures. • It has a stainless steel inner mandril and a PTFE-coated stainless steel outer coil. • All devices on this order table are PTFE coated. • Used to assist in inserting catheters, introducer sheaths, and other medical devices in nonvascular applications. Order Reference Diameter Length Tip Number Part Number inch cm Configuration PTFE-Coated Stainless Steel Some products or part numbers may not be available in all markets. Contact your local Cook...

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Lunderquist® EXTRA STIFF WIRE GUIDE Straight Interventional wire guides Extra stiff mandril Double curve Extended double curve Did you know The Lunderquist Extra Stiff Wire Guide was developed in Denmark in collaboration with Dr. Anders Lunderquist. It is well known as one of the most supportive wire guides in the medical industry for delivery of diagnostic and treatment devices.

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Lunderquist® EXTRA STIFF WIRE GUIDE The Lunderquist Extra Stiff Wire Guides are intended to facilitate catheterization and/or placement of devices during vascular diagnostic procedures and vascular interventional procedures. The Lunderquist Extra Stiff Wire Guides are intended for use in the major vessels, the aorta, and vena cava, including their access vessels and adjacent vessels. • The Lunderquist Extra Stiff Wire Guide is a PTFE-coated stainless steel wire guide. Lengths of ≥260 cm have 4 cm of tip flexibility, including an inner gold coil for enhanced visibility. • Lengths of <260 cm have...

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Amplatz SUPPORT WIRE GUIDE Atraumatic flexible tip Interventional wire guides PTFE-coated stainless steel outer coil Supportive mandril Over 25 variations of stiffness Did you know Developed in 1985 in collaboration with Dr. Kurt Amplatz, the Amplatz Support Wire Guide is well known for its shaft stiffness. It is more supportive than a diagnostic starter wire guide, such as Rosen or Bentson, but not as supportive as a Lunderquist wire guide.

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• It has a stainless steel inner mandril and a PTFE-coated stainless steel outer coil. • It is available in a variety of diameters, lengths, and tip configurations. • All devices on this order table are PTFE coated. Taper Flexible Tip Curve Order Reference Diameter Length Length Tip Length Radius Number Part Number inch cm cm cm mm Straight - PTFE-Coated Stainless Steel Straight - PTFE-Coated Stainless Steel Curved - PTFE-Coated Stainless Steel Interventional wire guides Straight - PTFE-Coated Stainless Steel Some products or part numbers may not be available in all markets. Contact your local...

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Amplatz SUPPORT WIRE GUIDE WITH APEX CURVE Apex curve designed to minimize wire movement during interventional delivery Interventional wire guides PTFE-coated stainless steel outer coil Did you know The Amplatz Support Wire Guide with Apex Curve was designed to facilitate the introduction and placement of interventional devices within the chambers of the heart, including those used within trans-catheter aortic valve procedures.

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Amplatz SUPPORT WIRE GUIDE WITH APEX CURVE The Amplatz Support Wire Guide with Apex Curve is used to facilitate the placement of devices during diagnostic and interventional procedures. The Amplatz Support Wire Guide with Apex Curve is intended to facilitate the introduction and placement of interventional devices within the chambers of the heart including those used within trans-catheter aortic valve procedures. Order Reference Diameter Length Length Radius Number Part Number inch cm cm mm Curved - PTFE-Coated Stainless Steel Some products or part numbers may not be available in all markets....

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Disposable Reuter Tip-Deflecting WIRE GUIDE Interventional wire guides Disposable handle

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Disposable Reuter Tip-Deflecting WIRE GUIDE Used for curving or deflecting catheter tips for pulmonary angiography, selective angiography, translumbar aortography, bronchography, repositioning of central venous catheter tips, and other vascular and nonvascular applications. Order Number Reference Part Number Diameter inch With disposable handle Stainless steel G07782 Stainless steel mandril PTFE-coated stainless steel coil Safety wire Interventional wire guides Some products or part numbers may not be available in all markets. Contact your local Cook representative or Customer Support & Distribution...

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Roadrunner® EXTRA-SUPPORT WIRE GUIDE Highly visible platinum tip Angled platinum coiled tip Interventional wire guides Kink-resistant nitinol mandril Did you know In 1993, Cook was the first company to create a coronary stent in the US. This nitinol wire guide was made specifically to support guiding catheters.

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