Guidewires
Interventional Guidewires for Medical Device Innovators
Arrotek is a leading global provider of interventional guidewires for a range of medical procedures. We offer a full suite of services from concept to commercialization including design services, contract manufacturing, and OEM products.
We can help whether you need a custom workhorse guidewire or a highly specialized solution. Our knowledgeable team will work with you to ensure your guidewire has the features and performance characteristics that you need.
Our expertise includes designing, improving, developing, & manufacturing all types of guidewire:
- PTA – percutaneous transluminal angioplasty
- PTCA – percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
- CTO – chronic total occlusion
- Neuro – guidewires for medical devices designed for neurovascular procedures
- Endovascular – guidewires for medical devices designed for endovascular procedures
- FFR – fractional flow reserve
- TMVR – transcatheter mitral valve replacement
- TAVR – transcatheter aortic valve replacement
Guidewire Design Services
Our guidewire design expertise includes:
- Guidewire design services that meet or exceed product requirements
- Technology feasibility studies
- IP protection plans
- Detailed product specification creation
- Initial cost estimates
- Analysis of materials and geometrical interactions
- Performance modeling
- Empirical analysis, including anatomical testing and physiological conditioning
- Device interfacing
The advanced technologies we use include:
- Polymer wires – medical grade polyurethane
- Pressure wire tips – complex tips for pressure wires
- CenteRing – core wire technology
- CoilCoat – hydrophilic coating
- DuoCore – hybrid core wire technology
- Eureka – gold plating technology
Guidewire Contract Manufacturing
Arrotek has an extensive suite of manufacturing capabilities to produce even the most complex of guidewires and medical device components.
Coupled with additional value-added services such as supply chain and regulatory ownership, we can provide strategic outsourcing solutions to help achieve your business goals, including cost-per-unit reductions, volume ramp-up, and process efficiencies.
