A surgical device designed to fill the lumen of a drill guide during its insertion to a surgical site primarily to prevent tissue obstruction of the drill guide lumen. When the drill guide is firmly placed at the chosen position on the bone surface, the obt...

Coronary artery guidewire extension

66 GUDID devices

A long, thin, sterile wire designed to provide the necessary length to allow the exchange of one coronary artery dilatation catheter for another, while maintaining the position of the cardiac catheter guidewire in the coronary artery, during angiography or ...

Endotracheal tube guide, single-use

49 GUDID devices

A device used to provide guidance when it is necessary to exchange an endotracheal (ET) tube which has been intubated into a patient. The guide is inserted into the existing tube which is then retracted over the guide. The new ET tube is inserted over the g...

Peripheral vascular guidewire extension

23 GUDID devices

A long, thin, sterile wire designed to provide the necessary length to allow the exchange of a catheter, or other interventional device, while maintaining the intravascular position of the catheter guidewire during an interventional procedure in the periphe...

Catheter-exchange guidewire holder

14 GUDID devices

A sterile hand-held device intended for use during guidewire-assisted intravascular interventional procedures [e.g., percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA)] to facilitate the exchange of one catheter for another (e.g., coronary angioplasty ba...

Pedicle screw guide

3 GUDID devices

A thin metal rod intended to guide the implantation of a pedicle screw during a minimally-invasive procedure, where it can also function as a guide for a gauge to provide a screw length measurement. It is inserted into the pedicle of a vertebra so that a ca...

Orthopaedic implant aiming arm

1,241 GUDID devices

A surgical jig-like device designed as a precision guide for the pre-drilling of orthopaedic screw holes into bone and for guiding an orthopaedic instrument into an implanted device, typically to treat long bones (e.g., femur, humerus, and tibia). It typica...

Dental implantation drilling template guide-sleeve

348 GUDID devices

A small tubular device intended to be inserted within the guide holes of a dental implantation drilling template (a device used to guide drilling in the jawbone during dental implant placement/fixation) to guide the implant into position. This is a single-u...

Endoscope sheath exchange guide

1 GUDID devices

An invasive device in the form of a thin, rigid rod intended to provide guidance for exchanging one endoscope sheath, which has been introduced into a patient, for another (e.g., exchange a transvaginal diagnostic sheath with an operative sheath). It is int...

Orthopaedic prosthesis implantation positioning instrument, reusable

9,059 GUDID devices

A hand-held surgical instrument intended to be used during implantation of an orthopaedic prosthesis, either manually or as a computer-assisted surgery (CAS) device, to aid in the navigation/placement of the prosthesis or other instruments [e.g., drill slee...

Orthopaedic prosthesis implantation positioning instrument, single-use

2,185 GUDID devices

Needle guide, single-use

1,263 GUDID devices

A rigid, non-powered device designed to direct a sharp needle (not included) into its proper course when performing a clinical and/or surgical procedure; the guide itself is not intended for percutaneous access (not a guide-catheter). Dedicated needle guide...

Nonimplantable needle guide, single-use

1,081 GUDID devices

A rigid, non-powered device designed to lead a needle (not included) into its proper course when performing a clinical and/or surgical procedure; the guide itself is not intended for percutaneous access (not a guide-catheter). Dedicated needle guides are av...

Orthopaedic reamer guide

734 GUDID devices

An orthopaedic surgical device that functions as a guide for an orthopaedic reamer. The guide, commonly called a spigot, is inserted into a predetermined site where bone is to be resected for the acceptance of a prosthetic implant, typically at or within a ...

Dental guided surgery reference plate

281 GUDID devices

A non-sterile device in the form of a plate designed for the fabrication of custom-made scan and surgical dental implant templates used by a dentist during the first stage of a guided dental implantation procedure (i.e., drilling holes in the jawbone for im...

Nonimplantable needle guide, single-use

157 GUDID devices

Needle guide, single-use

68 GUDID devices

Endoscopic guidewire holder

27 GUDID devices

A device intended to be used during diagnostic and/or therapeutic endoscopy of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract [e.g., endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)] to hold a guidewire in place at a given insertion depth through the working channel ...

Needle guide, single-use

25 GUDID devices

Closed-wound drainage kit, micro-drainage

19 GUDID devices

A collection of sterile devices designed to drain small, superficial abscesses and/or fluid collections. It will typically include an introducer needle, a guidewire, and a flexible, single-lumen, micro-drainage catheter with attached dilator that allows for...

Retrograde endotracheal intubation kit

9 GUDID devices

A collection of sterile devices used to assist in the placement of an endotracheal (ET) tube during difficult/emergency airway access procedures. The device typically consists of a guidewire, needles, and a needle holder made of metal, and catheters and ada...

Vascular guide-catheter extension

5 GUDID devices

A flexible tube designed to extend the length of a vascular guide-catheter during percutaneous transluminal passage and placement of a diagnostic/interventional device (e.g., pacing lead, balloon dilatation catheter) within either the coronary or peripheral...

Guidewire bowl

4 GUDID devices

A portable bowl or basin designed for placing a guidewire under water for hydration to prepare it for a procedure or when not in use during a procedure; it is shaped to conveniently hold and protect the guidewire. This is a single-use device.

Laser beam-guide spacer

4 GUDID devices

A non-sterile device designed to fit over the distal end of a non-surgically-invasive laser applicator/beam-guide to function as a spacer to ensure correct distance is maintained between the laser applicator/beam-guide and tissues during laser surgery. It i...

Paranasal sinus guide-catheter handle

3 GUDID devices

A sterile, hand-held, tubular device designed to create an extension from which the user can stabilize the position of a sinus guide catheter. It typically has a malleable handle and a press-fit connector at the distal end for connection to the guide cathet...

MRI-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy system beam guide driver

2 GUDID devices

A sterile robotic device intended to be used in conjunction with an MRI-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) system to facilitate remote manoeuvring of an invasive laser beam guide during laser therapy to ablate soft-tissue brain lesions. It is ...

Paranasal sinus guide-catheter handle

1 GUDID devices

A hand-held, tubular device designed to create an extension from which the user can stabilize the position of a sinus guide catheter. It typically has a malleable handle and a press-fit connector at the distal end for connection to the guide catheter. This ...

Surgical drill guide, reusable

9,025 GUDID devices

A manual surgical device designed to simultaneously place, angle, and guide a rotating surgical drill on hard tissue (e.g., bone); some types are also intended for guiding bone-coring instruments (e.g., keel punch). It is designed in a tubular form or with ...

Surgical drill guide, reusable

2,316 GUDID devices

A hand-held tubular surgical device designed to simultaneously place, angle, and guide a rotating surgical drill on hard tissue (e.g., bone), and to protect the surrounding soft tissue while the drill is in operation. It may have serrations at its distal en...

Orthopaedic implant aiming/guiding block, reusable

2,076 GUDID devices

A surgical, jig-like device designed as a preshaped block with a defined pattern of prefabricated holes used to guide other instruments [e.g., drill sleeves and guide wires (Kirschner wires)] and/or to align a corresponding implant (e.g., a fixation plate) ...