guidewires
Thin flexible medical probes
Guidewires are thin, flexible wires used in medical procedures to navigate through blood vessels or other body passages.
A catheter or other instrument slides over the guidewire, which leads it to the target location: The surgeon threaded the guidewire into the coronary artery.
Once the device is in place, the guidewire is withdrawn.
Inserted medical drainage tube
- angioplastyProcedure to widen vessels
- stentImplanted tube for blockages
- arteryOxygen-rich blood conduit
- veinVessel toward heart
endoscopy · laparoscopy · intervention · trocar · fluoroscopy · sheath · lumen · cannula
Determining position and course
- positioningArranging in specific locations
- threadingPassing strand through opening
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- trackingMonitoring location over time
torque · maneuverability · tip · insertion · pathway · access · crossing · delivery
Adding support or encouragement
- scaffoldingTemporary exterior work platform
- backboneVertebral column, or courage
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- stabilizationProcess of becoming steady
anchor · brace · substrate · platform · core · structure · rigidity · shaft
Adjusting for measurement accuracy
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- controlAuthority to direct
- dexteritySkillful hand coordination
finesse · microadjustment · measurement · tolerance · diameter · flexibility · stiffness · tapering
catheter
Inserted medical drainage tube
- angioplastyProcedure to widen vessels
- stentImplanted tube for blockages
- arteryOxygen-rich blood conduit
vein · endoscopy · laparoscopy · intervention · trocar · fluoroscopy · sheath · lumen · cannula · implantation
navigation
Determining position and course
- positioningArranging in specific locations
- threadingPassing strand through opening
- advancementForward movement or promotion
tracking · torque · maneuverability · tip · insertion · pathway · access · crossing · delivery · exchange
reinforcement
Adding support or encouragement
- scaffoldingTemporary exterior work platform
- backboneVertebral column, or courage
- frameworkUnderlying support system
stabilization · anchor · brace · substrate · platform · core · structure · rigidity · shaft · mandrel
calibration
Adjusting for measurement accuracy
dexterity · finesse · microadjustment · measurement · tolerance · diameter · flexibility · stiffness · tapering · coiling