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Guidewire Asahi soft
Introduction
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Overview
Overview
The Asahi soft guidewire has the following performance characteristics found below.
Structure
Structure
- Hydrophobic Coating
- Soft tip
- Flexible body
- Support to deliver most interventional devices
- Tip load: 0.5 g
- Radiopaque length: 3 cm
- Outside diameter: 0.014″
- Total length: 180 cm – 300 cm
References
References
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