UltraStream Chronic Hemodialysis Catheter

Company Argon Medical Devices, Inc.
Phone (800) 927-4669
Web www.argonmedical.com
Key Features
• Dual independent arterial lumen design
• Smooth tip transition
• Kink-resistant material
• Step-tip design for over-the-wire, single stick, and peel-away sheath placement techniques

Argon Medical Devices, Inc. (Plano, TX) recently announced the US launch of its UltraStream Chronic Hemodialysis catheter. The product, licensed from Rex Medical, LP (Conshohocken, PA) is designed to provide long-term vascular access to patients receiving dialysis treatments.

The catheter has dual independent arterial lumen lines and a step-tip design that allows high flow rates and eased insertion, according to the company. The step-tip design also allows over-the-wire, single stick, and peelaway sheath placement techniques. To facilitate easier catheter exchanges, Argon says that the transition from the dilator to the step tip is seamless.

The UltraStream catheters are available in a variety of set configurations to accommodate a range of physician needs.

NaviCross Peripheral Support Catheters

Company Terumo Interventional Systems, Inc.
Phone (800) 862-4143
Web www.terumois.com
Key Features
• Compatible with 0.035-inch wire platforms and 4-F sheaths
• Available with a straight or 30° angled tip, allowing access to vascular branches
• Features three radiopaque marker bands to facilitate accurate assessment of position
• Unique marker spacing provides easy measurement of common balloon and stent sizes

Terumo Interventional Systems, Inc. (Somerset, NJ) announced the expansion of its peripheral catheter portfolio with the nationwide availability of its new line of NaviCross Support Catheters, which are designed to provide interventionists with significantly greater wire support for the access and treatment of peripheral artery disease and critical limb ischemia. With its Terumo Glide Technology hydrophilic coating and seamless guidewire-to-catheter transition, the NaviCross has been designed for accessing and tracking through even the most complex lesions. The shaft incorporates a stainless steel double-braided layer combined with a 12-mm tapered tip for excellent pushability.

“The design of the NaviCross allows for true 1:1 torque with complete force transmission from my hand to the tip of the catheter without lag time or delay,” said Dr. Jihad Mustapha, Director of Endovascular Interventions and Director of Cardiovascular Research at Metro Heart & Vascular, Metro Health Hospital in Wyoming, MI. “It excels in long length lesions and is ideal for any chronic or high-grade stenoses that are located in or at an angulated vessel segment.”

Wingman Extendable Tip Support Catheter

Company Reflow Medical, Inc.
Phone (949) 481-0399
Web www.reflowmedical.com
Key Features
• 0.014-inch guidewire compatibility
• Gold extendable tip
• Ultra-low crossing profile

The Wingman extendable tip support catheter (Reflow Medical, Inc., San Clemente, CA) received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration earlier this year and recently received CE Mark approval to expand into global markets. The device is intended to provide additional support to a steerable guidewire when accessing discrete regions of the peripheral vasculature. The Wingman consists of a support catheter with a concealed radiopaque beveled guide tip and an activating handle.

The through lumen of the device may be used to facilitate placement and exchange of guidewires and provide a conduit for the delivery of saline solutions or diagnostic and therapeutic agents. It has a unique extendable tip for added support and penetration when crossing stenoses, as well as superior pushability and crossability when using a 0.014-inch guidewire. Its lubricous coating enhances compatibility without compromising tactile feedback, the company stated.

Zenith Fenestrated AAA Endovascular Graft

Company Cook Medical
Phone (800) 457-4500
Web www.cookmedical.com
Key Features
• Designed for patients with infrarenal necks as short as 4 mm
• Patient-specific scallops and fenestrations • Modular components promote more patient-specific treatment
• Diameter-reducing ties that facilitate visceral vessel cannulation

In April 2012, Cook Medical (Bloomington, IN) announced premarket approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for the Zenith Fenestrated AAA Endovascular Graft.

Based upon the proven Zenith AAA platform, the Zenith Fenestrated is specifically designed to treat patients with infrarenal necks as short as 4 mm who are unsuitable for a nonfenestrated graft. It features a patientspecific scallop-and-fenestration configuration that helps maintain patency of visceral vessels. An extensive selection of modular components allows Zenith Fenestrated to be even more versatile and patient specific.

“Zenith Fenestrated is the first and, currently, only endovascular stent graft approved in the United States for infrarenal necks as short as 4 mm,” said Phil Nowell, vice president of Cook Medical's Aortic Intervention division. “It has a long and successful history in other countries around the world, providing patients and doctors with a solution for difficult aortic anatomies. Zenith Fenestrated is a proven technology. It's the latest example of our disease- and patient-specific approach to treating aortic disease.”

Worldwide, over 3,200 Cook Medical fenestrated devices have been implanted since 1998. The Zenith Fenestrated device earned a CE Mark in 2005.