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guide catheter

A catheter that makes it easier to enter that vessel with other devices or instruments. Guide catheters are used to facilitate the placement of lasers, stents, and balloons for angioplasty.

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The RePort[TM] Guide Catheter System design represents a game changing advancement over other guide catheters available today.

Reverse Medical Corporation Receives CE Mark Approval for the RePort[TM] Guide Catheter System for Intracranial Access and Therapeutic Microcatheter Support during Neuro Endovascular Procedures

As a result, physicians can use smaller guide catheters and still accommodate the range and sizes of the stents, balloons and other accessories required for an interventional procedure.

Medtronic Announces Full U.S. Launch of Z2(TM) Family of Coronary Guide Catheters

To date, a majority of clinicians continue to manually guide catheters through the heart to detect and treat a variety of cardiac arrhythmias despite the lack of precision offered by these catheters.

Hansen Medical Showcases Revolutionary New Catheter Control System --CCS-- for Electrophysiology Procedures; New Technology Enhances Physicians' Ability to Access Hard-to-Reach Anatomy Within Heart Chambers

The Stereotaxis technology uses powerful magnets outside the body to guide catheters inside the heart by remote control.

New Technology to Treat Cardiac Arrhythmias at Abbott Northwestern's Heart Hospital

The Sensei[TM] Robotic Catheter System and disposable Artisan[TM] Control Catheter are currently under review for FDA clearance to guide catheters for mapping the heart anatomy.

Hansen Medical to Present at the Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Unplugged Conference

The contract is the supply of consumables for interventional cardiology stents, balloon catheters, super flat wire, sheath, diagnostic catheters, guide catheters and supplementary material specification and quantity as per the tender documentation for a period of two years, the estimated quantity of about 28,400 pieces.

Consumables for interventional cardiology

IntraTherapeutics' products under development include additional peripheral stents, guide catheters and microcatheters.

IntraTherapeutics Announces Private Placement of Series E Convertible Preferred Stock

Each lot relates to stents, cannula and access products, guide catheters, guide wires, balloon catheters and inflation devices, wound closure devices and associated accessories for use in either Cardiology or Radiology diagnostic and interventional procedures as applicable.

Medical consumables

SCIMED's product booth will display the TRIO(TM) PTCA catheter, 10F TRIGUIDE-FLEX(TM) and 8F BIG-MAX(TM) guide catheters, an improved MAGNET exchange device and PURSUIT(TM) guide wire.

SCIMED DISPLAYS FIVE NEW DEVICES AT

The Sensei[TM] Robotic Catheter System is designed to guide catheters for mapping heart anatomy during the treatment of patients suffering from abnormal heart rhythms, or arrhythmias.

Hansen Medical Showcases New Generation Robotic Catheter Technology at Boston Atrial Fibrillation Symposium

Schneider also markets guide catheters, diagnostic catheters, and guidewires for use by cardiologists.

SCHNEIDER EXPANDS BALLOON CATHETER LINE

Schneider also markets a full line of over-the-wire PTCA balloon catheters, guide catheters and diagnostic catheters and guidewires for use by cardiologists.