Table 3.
Passage of various combinations of microdevices in the Launcher® guiding catheter.
| First microdevice | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Second microdevice | PROWLER 10 |
SL-10 | SL-10 45 |
SL-10 S type |
PROWLER 14 |
Excel 14 | Excelsior 1018 |
Excelsior 1018 S type |
FasTracker 10 |
PROWLER PLUS |
Renegade | HyperForm (4*7 mm) |
HyperForm (7*7 mm) |
|
| PROWLER 10 | ⦾ 0.05 |
⦾ 0.05 |
⦾ 0.04 |
⦾ 0.05 |
⦾ 0.06 |
⦾ 0.10 |
⦾ 0.08 |
⦾ 0.06 |
⦾ 0.08 |
⦾ 0.08 |
⦾ 0.11 |
⦾ 0.13 |
⦾ 0.15 |
|
| SL-10 | ⦾ 0.08 |
⦾ 0.07 |
⦾ 0.06 |
⦾ 0.08 |
⦾ 0.08 |
⦾ 0.11 |
⦾ 0.10 |
⦾ 0.12 |
⦾ 0.08 |
⦾ 0.12 |
⦾ 0.12 |
⦾ 0.15 |
⦾ 0.18 |
|
| SL-10 45 | ⦾ 0.06 |
⦾ 0.07 |
⦾ 0.06 |
⦾ 0.07 |
⦾ 0.07 |
⦾ 0.08 |
⦾ 0.07 |
⦾ 0.09 |
⦾ 0.08 |
⦾ 0.12 |
⦾ 0.10 |
⦾ 0.10 |
⦾ 0.13 |
|
| SL-10 S type | ⦾ 0.06 |
⦾ 0.08 |
⦾ 0.06 |
⦾ 0.07 |
⦾ 0.08 |
⦾ 0.08 |
⦾ 0.10 |
⦾ 0.11 |
⦾ 0.10 |
⦾ 0.13 |
⦾ 0.11 |
⦾ 0.12 |
⦾ 0.16 |
|
| PROWLER 14 | ⦾ 0.08 |
⦾ 0.08 |
⦾ 0.06 |
⦾ 0.07 |
⦾ 0.08 |
⦾ 0.10 |
⦾ 0.09 |
⦾ 0.11 |
⦾ 0.10 |
⦾ 0.14 |
⦾ 0.13 |
⦾ 0.13 |
⦾ 0.18 |
|
| Excel-14 | ⦾ 0.06 |
⦾ 0.06 |
⦾ 0.06 |
⦾ 0.05 |
⦾ 0.07 |
⦾ 0.07 |
⦾ 0.06 |
⦾ 0.08 |
⦾ 0.06 |
⦾ 0.10 |
⦾ 0.20 |
⦾ 0.11 |
⦾ 0.14 |
|
| Excelsior 1018 | ⦾ 0.06 |
⦾ 0.07 |
⦾ 0.06 |
⦾ 0.05 |
⦾ 0.08 |
⦾ 0.10 |
⦾ 0.06 |
⦾ 0.07 |
⦾ 0.10 |
⦾ 0.17 |
× | ○ 0.32 |
× | |
| Excelsior 1018 S type |
⦾ 0.07 |
⦾ 0.08 |
⦾ 0.08 |
⦾ 0.08 |
⦾ 0.10 |
⦾ 0.11 |
⦾ 0.12 |
⦾ 0.12 |
⦾ 0.12 |
⦾ 0.18 |
× | ○ 0.35 |
× | |
| FasTracker 10 | ⦾ 0.06 |
⦾ 0.08 |
⦾ 0.06 |
⦾ 0.06 |
⦾ 0.08 |
⦾ 0.07 |
⦾ 0.07 |
⦾ 0.08 |
⦾ 0.10 |
⦾ 0.11 |
× | ⦾ 0.11 |
⦾ 0.25 |
|
| PROWLER PLUS |
⦾ 0.08 |
⦾ 0.10 |
⦾ 0.08 |
⦾ 0.10 |
⦾ 0.11 |
⦾ 0.23 |
⦾ 0.27 |
⦾ 0.28 |
⦾ 0.28 |
× | × | × | × | |
| Renegade | ⦾ 0.08 |
⦾ 0.11 |
⦾ 0.10 |
⦾ 0.10 |
⦾ 0.13 |
⦾ 0.24 |
○ 0.46 |
× | × | × | × | × | × | |
| HyperForm (4*7 mm) |
― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | |
| HyperForm (7*7 mm) |
― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | |
|
Resistance was subjectively evaluated and recorded as absent (double circle), slight (single circle), and strong (triangle). The impossibility of passing 2 microdevices inside the guiding catheter was also recorded (×). -: not performed. To measure maximal resistance (in Newtons) we used a digital push-pull gauge (lower section). | ||||||||||||||