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Navis Medical Corp.
Navis Medical’s variable control guidewire system is designed to replace multiple catheters and guidewires with a single device.
Officers
Richard Ganz
Product
The mission of the company is to develop technologies that simplify and enhance endovascular surgery. To achieve its goal, the company has developed the Variable Control Guidewire System (VCGS) which radically overhauls the long-held convention that successful endovascular navigation requires the use of multiple catheters and guidewires.
The VCGS is an innovative endovascular surgical system that dramatically improves procedural efficiency, reduces procedure cost and lowers patient risk. The VCGS is comprised of four, patent-pending components that form an integrated vascular surgical system:
- At the heart of the VCGS is the company’s Drive-by-Wire, a state-of-the-art, deflectable tipped guidewire. The atraumatic tip of the Drive-by-Wire is capable of dynamic, on-demand, in vivo deflection, enabling a physician to steer the guidewire through the most tortuous vasculature.
- The Energizer Power Source provides the on-demand electrical, micro-amp stimulus for the system. The lightweight and innovative Connector/Actuator houses the actuation mechanism and also serves as the connection interface between the Energizer and the Drive-by-Wire.
- The unique, ergonomically designed wireless Switch Activator allows a surgeon to deflect the distal tip of the guidewire on-demand. The Switch engages the Energizer via a wireless interface while allowing the user to maintain control of the guidewire at the point of access with unhindered manual dexterity.
- The innovative Side-Entry Torquer can be used on any standard guidewire ranging in diameter from 0.035″ OD to 0.020″ OD. The patent pending “L-Lock” design enables a physician to quickly load and unload the innovative torque device anywhere along a guidewire, representing a significant improvement over current technology.