Guide catheters

Telescope™ guide extension catheter

Guide catheters

Telescope™ guide extension catheter

The Telescope™ guide extension catheter is used to expand access to coronary and peripheral vascular and to facilitate placement of interventional devices.

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Indications, Safety, and Warnings

Description

Extended reach. Smooth delivery.

In difficult cases, guide extension catheters (GEC) provide extra backup support and improve access to distal lesions.1

Telescope™ GEC features bold technology — and our market-leading2 catheter expertise.

Features

• Superior deliverability3 and pushability4

• TruFlex™ soft polymer tip

Tip design

Learn about the Telescope™ guide extension catheter tip, marker band, distal segment, and main jacket.

 

  1. 2 mm TruFlex™ tip
  2. 1 mm distal marker band 
  3. 5 mm distal segment featuring soft polymer
  4. Main jacket

• Telescope™ GEC in glass aortic arch model

• Distal 25 cm of catheter

  • Coil-reinforced design and hydrophilic coating help improve flexibility and deliverability3, 6
  • Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) liner provides a low-friction inner lumen6
Get details on the specific design features of the Telescope™ guide extension catheter.
  1. Flexible TruFlex soft polymer tip5
  2. Rigid polymer in proximal jacket for luminal integrity6
  3. Flexible polymer in main jacket for deliverability3
  4. Solid, round pushwire featuring superior pushability4

Ordering information

Item number French size (Fr)
TELE6F 6
TELE7F 7

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† Bench test data from 2019 may not be indicative of clinical performance.

  1. Sambu N, Fernandez J, Shah NC, O’Kane P. The GuideLiner®: an interventionist’s experience of their first 50 cases: “the mostly good, rarely bad, beware of the ugly!” Interv. Cardiol. 2013;5(4):389–404.
  2. Based on guide catheter and aspiration catheter market share reports and data on file at Medtronic.

  1. Deliverability bench testing†: Telescope™ GEC 6 F vs. GuideLiner™* V3 GEC 5.5 F/6 F vs. Guidezilla™* II GEC 6 F. The overall statistical difference via one-way ANOVA was P<0.001. Statistically significant differences existed between Telescope and each of the competitor products for this assessment. N = 8 for each GEC tested. 10 test cycles per GEC. Results measure maximum force. 10839897DOC_B. 2019.
  2. Pushability bench testing†: Telescope™ GEC 6 F vs. GuideLiner™* V3 GEC 6 F vs. Guidezilla™* II GEC 6 F. The overall statistical difference via one-way ANOVA was P<0.001. Statistically significant differences existed between Telescope and each of the competitor products for this assessment. N = 8 for each GEC tested. Results measure maximum force. 10839897DOC_B. 2019.
  3. Soft tip compression bench testing†: Telescope™ GEC 6 F vs. GuideLiner™* V3 GEC 5.5 F/6 F vs. Guidezilla™* II GEC 6 F. The overall statistical difference via one-way ANOVA was P<0.001. Statistically significant differences existed between Telescope and each of the competitor products for this assessment. N = 8 for each GEC tested. Results measure maximum force. 10839897DOC_B. 2019.
  4. Based on the Telescope GEC design freeze document (internal design document). 10703702DOC_C. 2019.

This product is licenced with Health Canada as TELESCOPE GUIDE EXTENSION CATHETER HC MDL # : 102751.