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Back-up Meier Steerable Guidewire - Catheter guide wire

Device Dossier for Back-up Meier Steerable Guidewire - Catheter guide wire (Cardiac/peripheral vascular guidewire, single-use, Class III, sponsor Boston…

Intended purpose

The Back-up Meier steerable guidewire facilitates catheter placement and exchange during diagnostic or interventional procedures, including abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) endovascular graft procedures.

Functional description

The Back-up Meier steerable guidewires are made of a stainless-steel, PTFE coated proximal shaft, which tapers down to a very flexible and shapeable distal tip. The tip area consists of a radio-opaque gold-plated tungsten spring coil wound around a stainless-steel inner core. The usable length of the guidewire is 185 cm, 260 cm and 300 cm.

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