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Guide wire

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Guide wire
A wire that is inserted into an artery to guides a catheter to a certain location in the body.
Mentioned in: Angiography


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1-mm endoscope could not be passed through the narrowed lumen, the patient underwent unsedated balloon dilation over a guide wire to 15 mm under TNE guidance (figure, B).
Based on the company's proprietary angiographic guide wire Radiofocus, the new product features X-coating, amphiphilic biopassive polymer coating, on both the inside and outside of the catheter.
A new module will be designed to integrate guide wire, catheter, dilator, and needle procedures on a haptic feedback device attached to a laptop computer.
 
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