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Cannulation Challenges
VWING Vascular Needle Guide
and Guided Cannulation Technique
Catheter
(USRDS)
AV Fistula
(USRDS)
VWING SAVE
Study Rate2
Infection
of access
1.45
0.18
0.038
Sepsis
2.32
0.52
0.038
Actual Size
Porous base promotes tissue
ingrowth
Not palpable
37 (69%)
23 (43%)
Deep (>6mm)
23 (43%)
Short segment
21 (39%)
Infiltrations
16 (30%)
Tortuous
6 (11%)
Aneurysm
3 (6%)
Rate
3-Month Results
% of patients cannulated (n=51)
96%*
95%
94%
92%
100%**
6-Month Results
0.038 per
patient year***
0.304 per
patient year****
0.65 per
patient year****
* FDA established a minimum clinical success rate of 37% for the SAVE trial,
based upon current clinical success rates of elevation procedures reported
in the literature5
** Compared to 81% for fistula elevation procedures4
*** Compared to AVF sepsis rate of 0.52 per patient year according to the
U.S. Renal Data System (USRDS, 2011)
**** All resolved during the course of the study
Ordering Information
Size (hxw)
Order #
Size (hxw)
Order #
4mm x 7mm
00153
4mm x 9mm
00154
6mm x 7mm
00144
6mm x 9mm
00147
8mm x 7mm
00145
8mm x 9mm
00148
10mm x 7mm
00146
10mm x 9mm
00149
1. Hill, A., Vasudevan, T., Young, N., Crawford, M., Blatter, D., Marsh, E., & ... Phillips, C. (2013). Use of an implantable
needle guide to access difficult or impossible to cannulate arteriovenous fistulae using the buttonhole technique.
Journal Of Vascular Access, 14(2), 164-169. doi: 10.5301/jva.5000152
2. Jennings, W., Galt, S., Shenoy, S., Wang, S., Ladenheim, E., Glickman, M., & ... Brown, B. (2014). The Venous Window
Needle Guide, a hemodialysis cannulation device for salvage of uncannulatable arteriovenous fistulas. Journal Of
Vascular Surgery, 2014 May 13. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2014.04.016.
3. Wilson, N., & Shenoy, S. (2014). Managing buttonhole complications. The Journal Of Vascular Access, 15, S91-S95.
doi:10.5301/jva.5000247
4. Bronder, C., Cull, D., Kuper, S., Carsten, C., Kalbaugh, C., Cass, A., & ... Taylor, S. (2008). Fistula elevation procedure:
Experience with 295 consecutive cases during a 7-years period. Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons,
206(5), 1076-1081. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.12.030
5. Singh, P., Robbin, M., Lockhart, M., & Allon, M. (2008). Clinically immature arteriovenous hemodialysis fistulas: Effect
of US on salvage. Radiology, 246(1), 299-305. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2463061942
The VWING Vascular Needle Guide is manufactured under one or more of the following U.S. patent numbers:
8,337,464 and 8,337,465. Other U.S. and foreign patents pending.
2015 Vital Access Corporation. Vital Access is a registered trademark of Vital Access Corporation.
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