Confida Brecker Guidewire for transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Specifically designed for TAVR procedures, the Confida™ Brecker guidewire (CBG) features a continuous, tapered core and preshaped curve for secure deployment.

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Overview

Minimize ventricular perforation

Designed to minimize the risk of ventricular perforation,1 the Confida Brecker guidewire features a continuous tapered core.

All medical procedures have risks. Risks associated with the use of the Confida Brecker guidewire may include, but are not limited to, death, stroke, damage to the arteries, and bleeding.

Product details

Designed for security

The Confida wire is preshaped to help with anchoring during valve deployment.

Illustration showing deployment of Confida Brecker guidewire: Pigtail catheter located in the left ventricle

Pigtail catheter located in the left ventricle

Illustration showing deployment of Confida Brecker guidewire: Guidewire is introduced through the pigtail catheter

Guidewire introduced through the pigtail catheter

Illustration showing deployment of Confida Brecker guidewire: Retraction of the pigtail catheter

Retraction of the pigtail catheter

Illustration showing deployment of Confida Brecker guidewire: Guidewire is fully positioned within the left ventricle

Guidewire fully positioned within the left ventricle 

Compare proximal stiffness2

  1. Amplatz Super Stiff™* Guidewire
  2. Safari2™* Preshaped Guidewire
  3. Amplatz Ultra Stiff™* Guidewire
  4. Confida Brecker Guidewire
  5. Lunderquist™* Extra-stiff Wire Guide
Stiffness scale for Confida Brecker guidewire and competitive TAV guidewires

Ordering information

Model number Description Length Curve diameter Labeled OD

GWBC30

Guidewire

260 cm

30 mm

0.035 in/0.89 mm

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References

1

Roy DA, Laborde JC, Sharma R, Jahangiri M, Brecker SJ. First-in-man assessment of a dedicated guidewire for transcatheter aortic valve implantation. EuroIntervention. January 22, 2013;8(9):1019-1025.

2

Data on file at Medtronic. Bench test may not be indicative of clinical performance.

Caution: Federal law (USA) restricts this device to sale by or on the order of a physician.