CFC study material

IMPULSE™ Diagnostic Catheter

• Diagnostic catheter with Flextrusion™ technology for smooth shaft transition.

Key Features:

• Soft distal → reduces vessel trauma, safer coaxial alignment.

• Smooth transition → better anatomy conformity + distal torque.

• Anatomy-specific:

  • Left → outstanding engagement.

  • Right → excellent torque response.

• Shaft: firm for passive diagnostic use.

• Curves: variety, soft primary to minimize trauma.

• Sizes: 5F (0.045/0.047") & 6F (0.056").

ENCORE™ 26 Inflation Device

• Inflation/deflation device for balloon angioplasty.

• 20 ml capacity, high-pressure capability.

• Large dial with pressure gauge.

• Finger latch → one-step lock & release.

COMET™ II Pressure Guidewire

• Workhorse pressure wire for physiology assessment.

• Powered by Asahi technology.

• Exceptional deliverability + accuracy.

• True workhorse wire for FFR/DFR measurement.

GUIDEZILLA™ II Guide Extension Catheter

• Guide extension catheter for complex cases.

• Provides extra backup & smooth path for stent/balloon delivery.

• Use in tortuous, calcified, distal lesions.

• Sizes: 6F, 6F Long, 7F, 8F.

MACH 1™ Guiding Catheter

• Large lumen guiding catheter.

• Unique polymer → curve retention + back-up.

• Large lumen → device compatibility, dye flow.

• Softer shaft → active deep seating users.

• Sizes: 6F (0.070"), 7F (0.081"), 8F (0.091").

SENTAI™ Guidewire Family

• Guidewires designed for a broad PCI spectrum.

• Variety of support, tip load, and coatings.

• Balances torque, deliverability, and crossability.

EMERGE™ Balloons

• Pre- and Post-dilatation balloons.

• EMERGE Pre-dilation: low tip profile, high deliverability.

• NC EMERGE Post-dilation: non-compliant, high-pressure optimization.

• Wide expansion range, complete lesion coverage.

MAMBA™ Microcatheter

• Torqueable coronary microcatheter.

• Wire exchange, support, torque response.

• Integrated tip (metal coil reinforced) → durability.

• Proprietary tapered coil → pushability + flexibility.

• Hydrophilic coating → 61% less friction than Turnpike LP.

• Hub: large, color-coded, ergonomic.

CROSSBOSS™ Catheter

• CTO crossing catheter.

• Atraumatic rounded tip.

• Hydrophilic, multi-wire coiled shaft.

• Fast-Spin torque → rapid rotation to cross CTO.

• True lumen or subintimal pathway access.

STINGRAY™ LP CTO Re-entry System

• Subintimal re-entry balloon for CTO PCI.

• Flat, self-orienting balloon with opposed exit ports.

• Radiopaque markers for accurate positioning.

• Hydrophilic shaft, 3.2F profile.

• Enables STRAW technique in 7–8F guides.

AVVIGO™+ Multi-Modality Guidance System

• Imaging & physiology integrated console.

• Automated Lesion Assessment (ALA™).

• AI-powered vessel measurements.

• Fast pullback: up to 8 mm/s.

• Integrates IVUS + physiology tools.

OPTICROSS™ HD IVUS Catheters

• High-definition IVUS imaging.

• 60 MHz → high resolution + 6 mm depth.

• Detects calcium clearly.

• Excellent deliverability.

• Sizes: 5F & 6F.

ROTAPRO™ Atherectomy System

• Rotational atherectomy system for calcium.

• Console: regulates air/nitrogen, speed display, time.

• Advancer: controls burr movement.

• Burr sizes: 1.25–2.5 mm.

• Runs at 135–150k rpm.

ROTAWIRE™ Guidewires:

• 0.014" platinum coil tip for visibility.

• Floppy or Extra Support models.

• 1:1 torque, Asahi core technology.

WOLVERINE™

• Cutting balloon angioplasty device with microsurgical atherotomes for resistant lesions.

• What is a Cutting Balloon? Intended for resistant coronary lesions not opened by standard angioplasty.

• Unique Features:

  • Only balloon with fixed microsurgical atherotomes.

  • Anchors to tissue, precise dilatation at low pressures.

  • Minimizes risk of dissections & perforations.

• Clinical Use:

  • Effective in fibrotic tissue, eccentric calcium, ISR, ostial & small vessel disease.

SYNERGY™ Xtra Deliverability

• Next-generation DES with enhanced deliverability & healing.

• Delivery System: Trackable, pushable, low profile → ideal for complex anatomy.

• Performance: Excellent conformability, overexpansion to 5.75 mm.

• Efficiency: Shorter procedure time, reduced cost, radiation & contrast.

• Safety: First DES indicated for HBR (shortened DAPT, EVOLVE Short DAPT trial).

• Polymer: Fast-absorbing BP, gone shortly after drug elution (vs permanent polymer DES).

SYNERGY™ MEGATRON Stent

• Purpose-built DES for large proximal vessels.

• Strength: Axial & radial → integrity & patency.

• Versatility: Expands from 3.5 mm up to 6.0 mm (accommodates mismatch).

• Design: Platinum Chromium alloy for visibility; 12-peak design → minimal prolapse, maximum lumen gain.

• Indication: HBR patients (shortened DAPT supported by EVOLVE Short DAPT trial).

AGENT™ Drug-Coated Balloon (DCB)

• the first and only U.S. coronary drug-coated balloon (DCB), introducing a new treatment option for patients with in-stent restenosis (ISR)

• Drug & Coating: Paclitaxel + TransPax™ coating tech.

  • Low-dose paclitaxel (2µg/mm²).

  • Excipient: ATBC.

  • Sharp-edge crystalline formulation.

• Why Paclitaxel? Durable, hydrophobic, lipophilic → ideal coronary DCB agent.

• Phases of Action:

  • Targeted transfer (anchors to vessel wall).

  • Rapid absorption (fast uptake into fatty tissue).

  • Sustained retention (stable release during healing).

• Clinical Advantage: Reliable drug transfer + deliverability in complex anatomy.