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0.018-inch peripheral guidewire

Intermediate-profile peripheral wire

Image of 0.018-inch peripheral guidewire

Three-panel learning framework

Recognition, context, and distinction

01

What am I looking at?

Visual recognition

Low-profile steerable guidewire with a shapeable distal tip and more body support than a 0.014-inch guidewire.

02

What does it do, and where will I see it?

Use & procedural context

Provides a low-profile but more supportive working platform for crossing stenoses and delivering compatible balloons, stents, and support catheters in peripheral arterial and venous interventions.

03

What most clearly distinguishes it from similar devices?

Key distinctions

The 0.018-inch peripheral platform occupies the middle ground between 0.014- and 0.035-inch systems, balancing low-profile device compatibility with greater support than a 0.014-inch guidewire.