Trans-radial Catheterization Accessories

The Accumed Wrist Positioning Splint and Hemostasis Band provide added comfort and safety for the patient undergoing cardiac catheterization via the radial artery and assist the clinical team performing the procedure.

  View an in-service on the use of the Wrist Postioning Splint.

  View an in-service on the use of the Hemostasis Band.

You may also wish to review the manual Radial Artery Access for Diagnostic and Interventional Procedures written by William W. O'Neill, MD, FACC and Steven L. Almany, MD, FACC. This document may be downloaded in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format listed below or you may request a printed copy by contacting Accumed at info@accumedsystemsinc.com. This manual is made available through an unrestricted educational grant from Accumed.

» Radial Artery Access Manual (.pdf 113k)

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Intra-luminal measuring devices

Until recently, most clinicians have relied upon fluoroscopic visual determination of lesion length to aid in selecting the appropriate angioplasty balloon or stent. A recent publication compared visual estimation with the determination of length made using a guidewire with radiopaque markers at 10mm increments. In over 25% of the cases, the guide wire measurement altered the stent length chosen (» view abstract).

Similarly, a study by Wolyn et.al. has shown poor correlation of visual estimation of length when compared to measurement using IVUS. In this same study, the AccuGage™ Vessel Caliper from Accumed was found to have excellent correlation with the IVUS measurement of lesion length (» view abstract). The Accugage^TM may be used with any guidewire or balloon preferred by the clinician.

  View an in-service on the use of the AccuGage^TM Vessel Caliper.

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