1. Ultra-stiff: maximum support
When anatomy is highly tortuous or heavily calcified, the Ultra-Stiff Amplatz Support Wire Guide provides exceptional support for advancing devices.
- Key benefit: The rigidity helps navigate complex vessel paths, creating a more direct route for device delivery.
- Sample clinical use: In high-level aortic interventions, such as when delivering a graft through a sharply angulated arch, added stiffness can help maintain a stable pathway for device advancement. Similarly, in certain drainage procedures, a stiffer wire guide can provide the stability needed to place devices efficiently.
THSF-35-XX-AUS – Standard AUS
2. Extra-stiff: balanced support with controlled flexibility
The Extra-Stiff Amplatz Support Wire Guide maintains a balance of firmness and flexibility—providing enough firmness to aid in device delivery or catheter exchanges while maintaining a degree of flexibility for more varied anatomies.
- Key benefit: It is ideal for cases where support is necessary and vessel integrity must be preserved, such as in peripheral or venous interventions.
- Sample clinical use: In a peripheral revascularization case, this level of stiffness can support device navigation while providing more flexibility to vessel curvature.
THSF-35-XX-AES – Standard AES
3. Stiff: gentle navigation
The Stiff Amplatz Support Wire Guide is the most flexible portfolio option for delicate pathways, offering a good starter option when stiffness is needed.
- Key benefit: It provides enhanced flexibility during complex navigation.
- Sample clinical use: In certain drainage procedures, a less stiff wire guide may be helpful in navigating narrow or winding anatomy without requiring excessive force. This option provides that and still offers a stiffer starter wire guide when needed.
THSF-35-XX-ASG – Standard Amplatz
