Innovative Guidewire Advances Coronary Procedures

A new guidewire equipped with a uniquely designed nickel-titanium (nitinol) sleeve offers significantly improved torque control, compared to conventional spring coil guidewires.

The Kinetix Guidewire is intended for use in percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs), and is designed to deliver enhanced responsiveness and maneuverability in the placement of balloon dilatation catheters or other interventional therapeutic devices during percutaneous trans-luminal cardiac angioplasty (PTCA), percutaneous trans-luminal angioplasty (PTA), or other intravascular procedures. The microcut nitinol sleeve and a nitinol distal core are designed to provide more efficient energy transfer from the physicians hand to the soft distal-tip guide wire tip, resulting in an increased torque transmission and flexibility and an improved turn-for-turn torque response. The Kinetix Guidewire is a product of Boston Scientific (Natick, MA, USA), and is based on the company's Synchro guidewires, used in neurovascular interventions.


"The Kinetix Guidewire provided exceptional torque and flexibility,” said Joseph DeGregorio, M.D., of the Hackensack University Medical Center (NJ, USA), who conducted the first PCI procedure worldwide of the new guidewire. "It's rare to find a workhorse guidewire that combines outstanding deliverability of the wire, support for device deliverability and an excellent safety profile.”

"We're pleased to begin offering this innovative technology that should help physicians simplify coronary angioplasty procedures,” said Hank Kucheman, executive vice president of Boston Scientific, and president of the cardiology, rhythm, and vascular group. "Kinetix reinforces our commitment to providing improved treatment options that promote better patient outcomes.”

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