The Minnie support catheters are intended to be used in conjunction with steerable guidewires in order to access discrete regions of the arterial and/or coronary vasculature. They may be used to facilitate placement and exchange of guidewires and other interventional devices. The Minnie support catheters also may be used to subselectively infuse/deliver therapeutic agents.
A sterile, flexible tube designed primarily to enable the delivery of diagnostic or therapeutic solutions into the peripheral vasculature; some types may in addition be applied to coronary or pulmonary vasculature. It is percutaneously introduced [e.g., through a guide catheter, or over-the-wire (OTW)], and may include features such as side holes for infusion across a specific region, an expanding frame to disrupt clotted blood to improve diffusion, or a balloon to support infusion at a specific region. It is neither a peripherally-inserted central venous catheter, dedicated occluding catheter, nor microcatheter for access into superselective small vessels. This is a single-use device.
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