Balloon Angioplasty Catheter

Balloon catheters used in angioplasty are either of over the wire otw or rapid exchange rx design.

Balloon angioplasty catheter. The dye allows the doctor to view your arteries on an x ray monitor. Indications safety and warnings the following product has been discontinued. Balloon angioplasty is done in the catheterization laboratory cath lab. These balloons are approximately 145 155 cm long and are designed to be used with guidewires of various dimensions 0 010 0 014 in.

One for the guidewire and another for balloon inflation fig. The stent helps prop the artery open decreasing its chance of narrowing again. They inflate the balloon at the blockage site in the artery to flatten or compress the plaque against the artery wall. Rx catheters nowadays are about 90 of the coronary intervention market.

Reach for the rapidcross pta rapid exchange balloon dilatation catheter when you need to reach distal lesions in the small vessels below the knee. Balloon angioplasty and stents interventional cardiologists perform angioplasty which opens narrowed arteries. Angioplasty is often combined with the placement of a small wire mesh tube called a stent. The doctor injects a special dye through a small thin tube called a catheter into your bloodstream.

Once in place the balloon is inflated expanding the lumen of the stenosed vessel. A standard otw angioplasty balloon catheter has two lumens that run throughout the length of the catheter. Angioplasty also known as balloon angioplasty and percutaneous transluminal angioplasty pta is a minimally invasive endovascular procedure used to widen narrowed or obstructed arteries or veins typically to treat arterial atherosclerosis. This catheter is the medtronic solution for an 0 014 pta balloon with rapid exchange capability.

They use a long thin tube called a catheter that has a small balloon on its tip. Angioplasty uses a tiny balloon catheter that is inserted in a blocked blood vessel to help widen it and improve blood flow to your heart. While otw catheters may still be useful in highly tortuous vascular pathways they sacrifice deflation time and pushability.