Glidepath Tape Instrument Guide
Glidepath Tape · Glidepath Guide · Instrument guide tape
A sterile tape guide. It has a clear primary transfer tape with a distal pocket and two lateral tabs, an instrument attachmentuh-TACH-mentThe deep emotional bond between an infant and a parent or caregiver.Full entry tip, a red elastic leader and an accessory ribbon.
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On the table
What it does, the lengths it comes in and what experienced techs know about it.
What it’s for
Helps place an AtriCure Isolator ablationab-LAY-shunA procedure that destroys a small area of tissue, often with heat or cold, to stop it from causing a problem.Full entry clamp around structures such as the pulmonary veinPUL-muh-nair-ee VAYNOne of the four veins that carry oxygen-rich blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.Full entry in a maze procedure. The proximalPROK-sih-mulNearer the center of the body, or nearer the place where a part is attached.Full entry end is secured to the drape. The tip of a dissecting clamp is pushed fully into the distal pocket and passed behind the structure; a grasper then takes a lateral tab to slide the guide off the clamp, and that end is secured near the field. The guide's attachmentuh-TACH-mentThe deep emotional bond between an infant and a parent or caregiver.Full entry tip is joined to the distal jaw of the Isolator clamp, and the surgeon takes the red elastic leader and pulls the clamp into place around the tissue. The guide can also retract soft tissue or bring other instruments through the same plane.
Lengths and variants
Three types for Isolator devices: the Snap guide (for devices with a permanent attachmentuh-TACH-mentThe deep emotional bond between an infant and a parent or caregiver.Full entry tip), the Press guide (for instruments without an attachment tip) and the Detachable guide (for devices with a detachable attachment tip; turned 180 degrees clockwise to lock and counterclockwise to release). A guide is packed with the Isolator clamps that have an attachment tip.
What experienced techs know
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2 sources
- AtriCure. Glidepath Tape Instrument Guide Instructions for Use (P000399), p. 1
- AtriCure. Isolator Synergy Surgical Ablation System (EMR2, EML2) Instructions for Use (IFU-0119.B), p. 1-2
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