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0.014″ Wire

admin — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:21:13 +0000

I would like to have 0.014" floppy tipped small (in length) guidewires (the length that is available in our hemaquits) for cannulating peripheral arteries and veins. The floppy end on this wire is usually becomes distorted with minimal manipulation in the vascular system. Must perform more like .018 inch.

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Various Sheath/Introducer Improvements

PediaWorks — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:40:00 +0000

- Better, larger backstop on large diameter sheaths.

- Non kink

- Long and >14Fr

- More flexible sheath-body

- Preferred 3Fr sheath (Braun) no longer available. Cook sheath is not as tapered where dialater meets sheath.

- Better 3-Fr

- Smoother transition zones with ability to advance over 0.018 stiff wires with floppy tips

- Thinner profile, less binding at valve with smaller size catheters

- Smoother tips so vessel damage does not occur

- Smoother sheaths to prevent vessel damage

- Inner lumen wider, side arm shorter, better introducer-wire stiffness

- Easy availability of 3F sheaths and 0.014" guidewires with floppy tips along with 0.014" compatible dilators

- Shorter lengths lets say 4-5cm instead of 6-11 cm.

- Thinner wall….less of a difference between OD and ID, better taper to dilator

- Increased ID to ID ratio

- Long sheaths that can make tortuous turns and maintain integrity, but do not "accordian" when retrieving large balloons/foreign bodies

- Better hemostasis at the diaphragm – especially when you have a wire through it

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Various Guidewire Improvements

PediaWorks — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:35:51 +0000

- Steerability, stereotaxis, crossing ability around curves

- Hydrophilic types 0.018 and 0.025

- Tip-deflection capability

- Glide tip/first segment with stiffer mid/proximal portion

- Shorter floppy tips so that the stiff portion of wires can easily be positioned across valves, etc for balloon stability

- Greater assortment of floppy tip wires

- Glide with ability to hold formed curve better

- Double curve, very soft tip with stiffer body

- Strength to support dilators and sheaths

- Torquability, soft tips shorter than 1 cm, markers, stiff

- Shorter length of wires and shorter soft tips for infant/child cases. Often adult coronary wires are too long and very cumbersome to use.

- Shorter lengths available for .014 wires, Shorter "floppy" tips

- Improved trackability of catheters over hydrophilic wires

- Shorter soft tips on stiff wires

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Infant/small Child Sized Transeptal Needle or RF Type Needle.

PediaWorks — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:30:29 +0000

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New Coil Catheters

PediaWorks — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:29:19 +0000

Must fit inside a .035 lumen catheters.

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Shapeable Catheter Tips

PediaWorks — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:20:35 +0000

Would like the ability to custom shape catheter tips in cath lab more easily and reliably without using heat guns.

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Better 3Fr Angiography Catheters

PediaWorks — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:17:10 +0000

Currently available 3Fr angiography catheters are essentially unusable. We need 3Fr catheters with more tip shape options, better flow rates, better torque response and more resistance to kinking.

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Bioresorbable stent

admin — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:17:51 +0000

Need a stent that can provide structural support in major vessels for a minimum of three months, but not more than 15. Must be balloon expandable.