What am I looking at?
Visual recognition
Standard 0.035-inch guidewire with a soft, floppy tip, usually coiled in a hoop dispenser.
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0.035-inch Bentson guidewire
Floppy-tip working wire
Three-panel learning framework
Recognition, context, and distinction
What does it do, and where will I see it?
Use & procedural context
General-purpose 0.035-inch guidewire with an atraumatic, floppy distal segment for initial access and routine catheter or sheath exchanges. Typical contexts include diagnostic angiography, venous access, drain placement, nephrostomy, and biliary drainage.
What most clearly distinguishes it from similar devices?
Key distinctions
The long floppy distal segment favors atraumatic routine access and exchange, distinguishing the Bentson from stiffer support guidewires used as delivery rails.