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VASCOCATH®The Generation of Steerable Catheters
Hartmut Görtz, Dr. med. LingenJörg Teßarek, Dr. med. MünsterHansgeorg Schaaf, Dipl-Ing. Pfaffenhofen
VASCOCATH is a registered trademark of POLYDIAGNOST GmbH
VASCOCATH® The Generation of Steerable Catheters
Target
• Reach any desired target within the vascular system
• Few catheter changes• As atraumatical as possible
Target
• Simple application• Minimizes:
- time resources- material resources
VASCOCATH® The Generation of Steerable Catheters
Endovascular in situ bypass
1999
Re-sterilisable, steerable 8F AngioscopePOLYSCOPE-VASCOCATH
VASCOCATH is a registered Trademark of POLYDIAGNOST GmbH
The Path of Development
VASCOCATH® The Generation of Steerable Catheters
1999
VASCOCATH® The Generation of Steerable Catheters
Endovascular in situ bypass
Re-sterilisable, steerable 8F AngioscopePOLYSCOPE-VASCOCATH
Modular 8F endoscope with sterile modular catheter
POLYSCOPE
2006POLYSCOPE
VASCOCATH® The Generation of Steerable Catheters
Example of vascular endoscopy with stent surveillance
(movie)
POLYSCOPE VASCOCATH
(Source: Priv. Doz. Dr. Hartmut Rimpler, Vivantes Klinikum Friedrichshain, Berlin)
VASCOCATH® The Generation of Steerable Catheters
2007
Steerable 8F catheter-VASCOCATH®
1. working channel 0.035 ´´ 1.2 mm2. working channel 0.020 ´´ 0.63 mm
VASCOCATH® The Generation of Steerable Catheters
90 degrees bent
VASCOCATH® The Generation of Steerable Catheters
180 degrees bent
VASCOCATH® The Generation of Steerable Catheters
225 degrees bent
VASCOCATH® The Generation of Steerable Catheters
180 degrees bent with 0.035´´ guiding wire
VASCOCATH® The Generation of Steerable Catheters
Renal artery stenosis - VASCOCATH® 8F
VASCOCATH® The Generation of Steerable Catheters
VASCOCATH® The Generation of Steerable Catheters
Renal artery stenosis - VASCOCATH® 8F(movie)
Stenosis of the superior mesenteric artery - VASCOCATH® 8F(movie)
VASCOCATH® The Generation of Steerable Catheters
Inferior mesenteric artery - VASCOCATH® 8F(movie)
VASCOCATH® The Generation of Steerable Catheters
Probing of the renal artery with fenestrated Endograft - VASCOCATH® 8F(movie)
VASCOCATH® The Generation of Steerable Catheters
Aneurysm of superior mesenteric artery - VASCOCATH® 8F(movie)
VASCOCATH® The Generation of Steerable Catheters
VASCOCATH® - 5,5 F 2 working channels 0,020´´ 0,55 mm
VASCOCATH® The Generation of Steerable Catheters
Cross-over-maneuver - VASCOCATH® 5,5F(movie)
VASCOCATH® The Generation of Steerable Catheters
Summary
• Innovative system of steerable catheters
• Saves time and material
• Extends endovascular spectrum
VASCOCATH® The Generation of Steerable Catheters
Summary
Being developed:
• Steerable sheath 9,5F• Smaller catheter diameters 5,5F• Balloon arming• Different bending radiuses• Different degrees of rigidity
VASCOCATH® The Generation of Steerable Catheters
