FDA clears new guidewire used for valve delivery and ventricular pacing during TAVR, BAV procedures

The Wattson temporary pacing guidewire from Teleflex

The Wattson temporary pacing guidewire. A) SAPIEN 3 deployment in the aortic position with the Wattson wire. B) Tricuspid valve-in-valve with SAPIEN 3 with the Wattson wire. C) Pigtail with exposed electrodes (arrows). D) Pacing set-up with adaptor connected to external pacing device. Images courtesy of Hensey et al. and EuroIntervention.

The device, now on display at TVT 2023 in Phoenix, is scheduled to begin hitting the market in the months ahead.