Urological Hydrophilic Guidewire

Measurements at a glance

Diameter: 0.025/0.032/0.035 inch; by model
Diameter: 0.64/0.82/0.89 mm; by model

A: Diameter 0.64 / 0.82 / 0.89 mm
B: Length and diameters 150 cm throughout; 0.025 inch / 0.64 mm, 0.032 inch / 0.82 mm and 0.035 inch / 0.89 mm

Schematic, not to scale

Models

11 models

Diameter (inch)	Diameter (mm)	Wire	Tip	Model
UROavenue, nitinol
0.025	0.64	Nitinol	Angled	4241
0.035	0.89	Nitinol	Angled	4245
0.025	0.64	Nitinol	Straight	4251
0.035	0.89	Nitinol	Straight	4255
Titanium family
0.025	0.64	Titanium	Angled	4271
0.035	0.89	Titanium	Angled	4275
0.025	0.64	Titanium	Straight	4281
0.032	0.82	Titanium	Straight	4283
0.035	0.89	Titanium	Straight	4285
0.035	0.89	Titanium	Angled, extra stiff	4290
0.035	0.89	Titanium	Straight, extra stiff	4295

Length and diameters: 150 cm throughout; 0.025 inch / 0.64 mm, 0.032 inch / 0.82 mm and 0.035 inch / 0.89 mm

Every item is 150 cm long.

A hydrophilic coated guidewire used to establish and maintain access to the upper urinary tract during endourological procedures.

In which cases?

Access at the start of a ureteroscopy or a PCNL.
Holding ureteral access while instruments are exchanged over the wire.
A tortuous ureter, where the flexible atraumatic tip is wanted.
A hard passage where an extra stiff wire is wanted: two of the items are made in an extra stiff build.

What makes it different?

A hydrophilic coating that is activated in the dispenser before use, and a nitinol or titanium core for kink and form stability.
One to one torque response, which the manufacturer states, and radiopaque visibility along the wire.
Three diameters at 0.025, 0.032 and 0.035 inch, in a straight and an angled tip and in a normal and an extra stiff build, so one range covers the case.

Frequently asked questions

Is the wire hydrophilic or hydrophobic?

Hydrophilic. Both families carry a hydrophilic coating, and the coating is activated in the dispenser before the wire is taken out. Nothing in the range is hydrophobic.

What is the difference between the two families?

The core. One family is built on a nitinol core and comes in an angled and a straight tip at 0.025 and 0.035 inch, ten per carton. The other is built on a titanium core, adds 0.032 inch and the extra stiff build, and comes five per carton. Both are 150 cm and both are hydrophilic coated.

Related products

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HYDROPUR Ureteral Stent

Stone Retrieval Device

Technical data

Class: IIa
SUT code: None
Shelf life: 60 months, single use
MRI: The label of all eleven items writes not MR safe
Packaging: Sterile, round pack; 10 per carton in the nitinol family and 5 per carton in the titanium family
Wire: Two families are supplied in Türkiye, a nitinol wire and a titanium wire, both hydrophilic coated along their length
Tip: Straight or angled, and an extra stiff build in both
Before use: The hydrophilic coating is activated in the dispenser before the wire is taken out

Catalogue (KT83, German and English) (PDF, 1.5 MB)