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ZIPwire® Hydrophilic Guide Wire

Familiar Feel. Advanced Control.

Focused enhancements for improved steerability.

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Overview

Product Information

Improved Steerability*
  • Enhanced tip flexibility promotes exceptional maneuverability through tortuous anatomy.
  • Robust nitinol core augments torque transmission and rail support for excellent pushability.
  • Refined tip transition facilitates smooth catheter placement.

Excellent Trackability 

  • Hydrophilic coating supports quick device exchanges.

Crossability

  • Dynamic nitinol core promotes pushability for easy advancement.
  • Precise torque response enables secure control when sub-selecting distal and angulated branch vessels.
  • Durable hydrophilic coating facilitates crossing of tight lesions.

Comprehensive Selection

  • Stiff and standard versions accommodate a wide range of clinical situations.
  • Four lengths (80cm, 150cm, 180cm and 260cm) and three diameters (0.025, 0.035 and 0.038) meet most clinical challenges.
  • Choose from several tip shapes: angled, J-tip, straight, long-taper angled and long-taper straight.

Guiding the Way to Superb Performance

  • As your trusted partner for 25 years, Boston Scientific is leading the way to improved guide wire technology. For premium performance with advanced control, you can count on the ZIPwire™ Hydrophilic Guide Wire to meet your needs and exceed your expectations.


Device Illustration

ZIPwire™ Hydrophilic Guide Wire Schematic

Device Highlights

  1. Highly radiopaque jacket provides excellent visibility for accurate positioning.
  2. Unique super-elastic nitinol core promotes excellent kink resistance.
  3. Slow-drying hydrophilic polymer improves handling outside the body.


Additional Information

* Testing completed by Boston Scientific Corporation. Data on file. Bench test results may not necessarily be indicative of clinical performance.

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Advanced Control Comprehensive Selection

Product Type

Guidewire

Used in Procedures

Peripheral Stenting

Related Medical Areas

Interventional Radiology

Related Conditions

Vascular Disease

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