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PoleVault™ is a hypotube specifically designed to optimise catheter performance. Improve hypotube kink resistance from 10% to 40% without compromise of push, track, torque or flexibility.
- Increase interventionalist confidence in your product
- Reduce patient risk
- Maximise catheter revenue
PoleVault™ Features
- Improved hypotube kink resistance of 10% to 40% without compromise of track, push or torque
- Maintain current kink resistance while increasing hypotube internal diameter
- Improved hypotube resilience leading to no package set on removal from dispenser
- Improved “feel and balance” of the hypotube shaft from an optimisation of strength and ductility
PoleVault™ Technical Data
Tensile stress/strain
Tensile stress/strain curves for a conventional (304 SS) and PoleVaultTM hypotube. The PoleVaultTM exhibits notably higher elongation (8%) while the yield strength values of both hypotubes are comparable: 153 kpsi and 156 kpsi respectively.
Kink Resistance
| Kink test force/displacement curves exhibited by a conventional hypotube and a PoleVault TM hypotube. The hypotubes have an identical wall thickness/outerdiameter ratio and comparable yield strengths. The kink test comprises a compression loading of an arched hypotube between two parallel plates as per European Standard EN 13868. The test rate was 2 in/minand the start distance between the test plates was 3 inch. | Kink test force/displacement curves exhibited by a conventional hypotube and a PoleVault TM hypotube. The hypotubes have an identical wall thickness/outerdiameter ratio and comparable yield strengths. The kink test comprises a compression loading of an arched hypotube between two parallel plates as per European Standard EN 13868. The test rate was 2 in/minand the start distance bet Kink resistance, 1/k, dependence on the wall thickness (WT)/outerdiameter (OD) ratio for conventional and PoleVaultTM hypotubes,exhibiting comparable yield strength levels. The kink value, k, is a distance between the plates at the moment of a forcedrop (“knee” formation) recorded on the force/plate displacement curve.een the test plates was 3 inch. |
Shape Set Resilience
Comparison of the shape set resilience/kink resistance performance characteristics for two sets of conventional and PoleVault hypotubes. Each set of hypotubes has a different wall thickness (WT)/outer diameter (OD) ratio. The shape set value, h, is defined as a maximum deflection from a straight edge exhibited by a 1 m long hypotube after its storage in a 6 inch diameter coil for two hours.
