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Confida™ Brecker Guidewire
Designed for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVI) 

The Confida™ Brecker guidewire (CBG) is specifically designed for TAVR procedures. With performance at its core, the CBG features a continuous, tapered core and pre-shaped curve for secure deployment. 

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Overview

Minimize ventricular perforation

The Confida™ Brecker guidewire features a continuous, tapered core to reduce risk of ventricular perforation.1

TAVI Confida graphic image

Designed for secure anchoring during valve deployment

Wire is pre-shaped to help with anchoring during valve deployment.

Illustration showing deployment of Confida Brecker guidewire: Pigtail catheter located in the left ventricle

Pigtail catheter located in the left ventricle

Illustration showing deployment of Confida Brecker guidewire: Guidewire is introduced through the pigtail catheter

Guidewire introduced through the pigtail catheter

Illustration showing deployment of Confida Brecker Guidewire: Retraction of the pigtail catheter

Retraction of the pigtail catheter

Illustration showing deployment of Confida Brecker guidewire: Guidewire is fully positioned within the left ventricle

Guidewire fully positioned within the left ventricle 

Product details

Proximal guidewire stiffness comparison2

  1. Competitor 1
  2. Competitor 2
  3. Competitor 3
  4. Confida™ Brecker Guidewire
  5. Competitor 5
Proximal guidewire stiffness comparison chart

References

1

Roy DA, Laborde JC, Sharma R, Jahangiri M, Brecker SJ. First-in-man assessment of a dedicated guidewire for transcatheter aortic valve implantation. EuroIntervention. January 22, 2013;8(9):1019-1025.

2

Data on file at Medtronic. Bench test may not be indicative of clinical performance.

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