Teleflex's TrapLiner Catheter Launched in Europe

May 18, 2018—Teleflex Incorporated announced the commercial launch of the TrapLiner catheter in Europe. The TrapLiner catheter is intended for use in conjunction with guide catheters to access discrete regions of the coronary and/or peripheral vasculature to facilitate placement of interventional devices, as well as facilitate the exchange of an interventional device while maintaining the position of the guidewire within the vasculature.

The TrapLiner catheter is similar in design to the company's GuideLiner V3 catheter, but it has an integrated balloon for trapping a standard 0.014-inch guidewire within a guide catheter. The TrapLiner can be used as an alternative method to the trapping technique that requires the use of a coronary percutaneous transluminal angioplasty balloon to exchange an existing over-the-wire catheter while maintaining guidewire position. The device is offered in 6, 7, and 8 F, advised Teleflex.