NC Stormer OTW Noncompliant Over-the-Wire Balloon Dilatation Catheter
When precision and performance are paramount, the NC Stormer® OTW Noncompliant Over-the-Wire Balloon Dilatation Catheter offers controlled compliance, high pressures, comprehensive lengths, and low longitudinal growth.
How the NC Stormer OTW Works
Stent implantation often follows balloon angioplasty. Once the stent is implanted, post stent deployment as assessed by IVUS or fluoroscopy may be completed to ensure adequate stent expansion and apposition against the arterial wall.1
Features
When precision and performance are paramount, NC Stormer OTW noncompliant balloon catheter offers:2
- Controlled compliance
- High pressures
- Comprehensive lengths
- Low longitudinal growth
Low Longitudinal Growth
Eight Lengths for Post-dilatation
References
- Brodie BR. Adjunctive balloon postdilatation after stent deployment: is it still necessary with drug-eluting stents? J Interv Cardiol. 2006;19:43-50.
- NC Stormer balloon dilatation catheters are indicated for the post-delivery expansion of balloon expandable stents.
Specifications
| Catheter length | 138 cm |
| Crossing profile (in.)* | 0.026 |
| Nominal pressure 2.0 – 4.0 mm | 10 atm |
| Rated burst pressure 2.0 – 4.0 mm | 18 atm |
| Distal / mid-shaft O.D. | Distal = 2.5 F Mid = 2.7 F Proximal = 3.2 F |
| Exit markers | Brachial 88 cm Femoral 98 cm |
| Marker bands | Gold swaged 2 on all 2.0 – 4.0 mm O.D.s |
| Coating | Selective DuraTrac coating |
| No. of balloon folds 2.0 – 2.5 mm 2.75 – 3.0 mm 3.25 – 3.5 mm 3.75 – 4.0 mm |
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| Diameters (mm) | 2.00 – 4.00 |
| Lengths (mm) | 6, 11, 14, 16, 18, 21, 26, 31 |
* Based on 3.0 mm NC Stormer data. Test data on file at Medtronic. Bench test data may not be indicative of clinical results.
Compliance
| Balloon Diameter (mm) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pressure (atm) | 2.00 | 2.25 | 2.50 | 2.75 | 3.00 | 3.25 | 3.50 | 3.75 | 4.00 |
| 4 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
| 5 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 6 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| 7 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| 8 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 9 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 10 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
| 11 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| 12 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| 13 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| 14 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| 15 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| 16 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| 17 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
| 18 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
| 19 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 |
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| Rated burst pressure* | |||||||||
*Rated burst pressure: the maximum pressure to which a balloon is designed to be inflated (95% confidence that 99.9% will not fail below rated burst pressure). DO NOT EXCEED.
Nominal pressure: the pressure at which the balloon reaches its labeled diameter.
