Guidewires are widely used in minimally invasive procedures to place stents and balloons inside the body. These devices are used to manage access to a cavity and to enable the advancement of multiple devices. It has become an essential tool in diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy. Guidewires are advanced under visual control directly through the endoscope, with or without fluoroscopy. For ERCP applications, wires are extended through catheters, which provide access, stiffness, and direction while using fluoroscopy...Read more