Xperience PRO

Description

Specifically, the Xperience pro balloon catheter is indicated for:

• Stenosis located in native coronary arteries and bypass grafts, including bifurcations.
• Occlusions (including total occlusions) located in native coronary arteries and bypass grafts, including bifurcations.
• The lesions and occlusions may be de novo lesions or restenotic lesions.
• The stenoses can have, as their maximum length, the maximum length of the longest balloon: 40 mm. If the stenosis or occlusion is longer, more than one balloon should be used or different inflations can be made with the same balloon.
• The diameters of the arteries or bypass grafts to be dilated should be between 1.25 mm and 5 mm.

The Rapid Exchange (RX) balloon catheter Xperience pro, is designed to dilate the stenotic portion of a coronary artery or bypass graft, with the aim of improving myocardial perfusion. The body of the catheter features a combination of a single lumen as proximal shaft and a coaxial double lumen as distal shaft:

• The single lumen consists of a hypotube that provides high pushability to the catheter and allows contrast medium passage from the luer connector to the balloon.

The coaxial double lumen has two functions:

• Inner lumen for guidewire passage
• Outer lumen for balloon in-deflation, directly connected to the hypotube

At the distal end of the catheter is the balloon, or segment inflatable of known diameter and length. The protective covering of the balloon is a peelable sheath.

At the proximal end of the catheter there is the hub, to which different accessories can be attached. The distal part of the catheter is coated with a durable hydrophilic coating (HYDRAX) that minimises friction and improves catheter trackability.