BD Announces Additional Sizes of Halo One Thin-Walled Guiding Sheath: Thin-walled guiding sheath now available with introducer kit variations and longer lengths

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) announced the launch of additional sizes of the Halo One^™ Thin-Walled Guiding Sheath for use in peripheral arterial and venous procedures requiring percutaneous introduction of intravascular devices.

The portfolio expansion includes new introducer kits and 6 French (F) guiding sheaths, which received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and are now commercially available. The broad size offering is now available in 4, 5, and 6F, and consists of 10 cm, 25 cm, 45 cm, 70 cm and 90 cm lengths.

“I’m excited about this portfolio expansion for the Halo One^™ Thin-Walled Guiding Sheath,” says John Phillips, MD, System Director for the OhioHealth Vascular Institute. “Now we have a thin-walled, braided sheath platform that’s capable of both distal and proximal interventions with the potential to help reduce access site complications.”

Halo One^™ Thin-Walled Guiding Sheath consists of a thin-walled (1 French wall thickness) sheath made from braided single-lumen tubing, fitted with a female luer hub at the proximal end and a formed atraumatic distal tip, and is designed for uses including femoral, radial, popliteal, tibial and pedal access procedures. The thin-walled design reduces the size of the arteriotomy compared to standard sheaths of equivalent French size, which can help to minimize access site complications.¹ Halo One^™ Thin-Walled Guiding Sheath’s broad size offering provides the only thin-walled guiding sheath in the U.S. with lengths suitable for distal peripheral intervention.

More information about the Halo One^™ Thin-Walled Guiding Sheath, including indications for use and safety information may be found on the BD website: Halo One^™ Thin-Walled Guiding Sheath – BD (online at bd.com/en-us/offerings/capabilities/vascular-surgery/vascular-sheaths/halo-one-thin-walled-guiding-sheath). For more information on BD, please visit bd.com. 

Reference

1. Ortiz D, Jahangir A, Singh M, Allaqaband S, Bajwa TK, Mewissen MW. Access site complications after peripheral vascular interventions: incidence, predictors, and outcomes. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2014 Dec; 7(6): 821-828. doi: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.114.001306