Hydrophilic Guidewire — Nitinol Core, 0.032" to 0.038"
SKU: XY-HGW | Guía Hidrofílica — Alma de Nitinol, 0,032" a 0,038"
The hydrophilic wire is what gets ordered when the PTFE will not pass: its polymer coating activates with saline and turns the surface extraordinarily slippery, while the nitinol core holds shape through paths that would fold steel. It is the tool of tortuous anatomy, tight stenoses and difficult selectives — and also the wire that demands table discipline: it works wet (dry it loses the effect and turns tacky), it is steered with a torquer because fingers cannot grip it, and its own glide calls for depth control. Diameters 0.032", 0.035" and 0.038", lengths 150, 180 and 260 cm, straight or angled tip — the angled one, rotated with a torquer, is what finds the ostium in selective work. The usual purchase pairs every box with torquers from our guidewire-accessory line.
Technical Specifications
Clinical Uses
- Tortuous anatomy and stenoses the PTFE wire cannot pass
- Selective catheterisation with angled tip and torquer
- Navigation in fine peripheral vessels
- Intermediate step before specialty wires
Frequently Asked Questions — Hydrophilic Guidewire — Nitinol Core, 0.032" to 0.038"
When hydrophilic instead of PTFE?
When the PTFE will not pass: tortuosity, tight stenosis, difficult selectives. Wet, the hydrophilic glides where PTFE rubs. Unit cost is higher and handling more demanding, so the usual buying ratio is PTFE in volume as the working wire and hydrophilic in smaller boxes as the rescue tool.
Why must it work wet?
The polymer coating activates with saline: wet it is extraordinarily slippery, dry it loses the effect and turns tacky. The dispenser has an irrigation port to activate it before withdrawal. That handling detail separates those who use it well from those who return it thinking it fails.
Straight or angled?
The angled is the selective: rotated with a torquer, the tip hunts the ostium. The straight navigates long paths. Since the surface gives fingers no grip, the torquer is not optional with this wire — you will find it in our guidewire accessories, best ordered in the same shipment.
What is the minimum order?
Consolidated diameter × length × tip matrix. Many buyers add torquers and inserters from the accessory line to the same order — it ships together. Documentation: technical file, ISO 13485, per-batch sterilisation.
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Full Description — Hydrophilic Guidewire — Nitinol Core, 0.032" to 0.038"
When it earns its price
The PTFE wire covers the daily volume; the hydrophilic passes what the PTFE cannot. The buying ratio follows: PTFE in volume as the working wire, hydrophilic in smaller boxes as the rescue tool.
Wet is not optional
The polymer coating activates with saline — wet it is extraordinarily slippery, dry it loses the effect and turns tacky. The dispenser carries an irrigation port to activate before withdrawal. This handling detail separates users who love the wire from those who return it thinking it is defective.
The torquer pairing
Fingers cannot grip the activated surface. The angled tip only becomes a selective tool when rotated with a torquer — order them in the same shipment from the guidewire-accessory line.
What to confirm before ordering
- Diameter × length × tip matrix - Torquers and inserters in the same order
