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Intravascular Ultrasound Guided Re-Entry Catheter

Quick, Confident, Controlled True Lumen Re-entry* Radiopaque IVUS transducer offers enhanced imaging for diagnosis and targeting.† Radiopaque curvedneedle housing to enable targeting. Adjustable needle depth (3 mm, 5 mm and 7 mm). Triple-braided shaft for enhanced trackability, torque control and needle movement. IVUS Guidance May Increase Procedural Success Rates* Intuitive, easy-to-use handle allows for single-handed deployment of needle Thumb-activated safety lock for ease of use

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True Lumen Return 1 Insert the Pioneer ® Plus catheter over the 0.014” subintimal guide wire. Pioneer ® Plus Catheter in Subintimal Space True Lumen with ChromaFlo® Feature Use IVUS to precisely target reentry. IVUS is used in order to localize the true lumen by the presence of flow. The Pioneer Plus catheter should be rotated so the true lumen (identified by the ChromaFlo ® feature) is at the 12 o’clock position. Deploy the nitinol needle to create a pathway to the true lumen. 4 Advance a non-hydrophillic 0.014” guide wire through the needle into the true lumen. This guide wire will be...

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Product Features Adverse Events The Pioneer Plus catheter is intended to facilitate placement and positioning of catheters within the peripheral vasculature. The Pioneer Plus catheter also provides an intraluminal cross-sectional ultrasound image of the area of interest to facilitate placement of guide wires beyond stenotic lesions (e.g., sub-total, total or chronic total occlusions) prior to additional intervention (i.e., PTA, stent, etc.). For further information, please call Volcano at 800-228-4728 and/or consult Volcano’s website at www.volcano.com. Possible adverse events associated...

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