{"id":5103,"date":"2020-07-21T11:44:44","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T15:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zeusinc.com\/?page_id=5103"},"modified":"2025-12-31T09:10:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T14:10:37","slug":"dilators-and-introducers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.zeusinc.com\/applications\/dilators-and-introducers\/","title":{"rendered":"Dilators and Introducers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Introducer kits are the primary gateway for vascular access for catheterization and similar procedures. Composed minimally of an introducer (or introducer sheath), dilator, and guidewire (or needle), Zeus can provide the key components for these kits to make vascular entry easier. Our extrusions for dilators and introducers are strong, lubricious, and offer excellent trackability to give physicians the best chance of success with vascular entry and catheterization.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"yellow button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zeusinc.com\/contact-us\">REQUEST A SAMPLE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Extruded Tubing<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Zeus tubing for dilators and introducers is available in multiple resins, including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeusinc.com\/materials\/ptfe\/\">PTFE<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeusinc.com\/materials\/fep\/\">FEP<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeusinc.com\/materials\/nylon-family\/\">Pebax\u00ae<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeusinc.com\/materials\/pe\/\">HDPE<\/a>, to better tailor the material for the application. These extrusions are highly amenable to end modifications such as tapering, flaring, and tipping for a smooth dilator-to-sheath transition and lower insertion force.<\/p>\n<h5>Key Benefits and Capabilities:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Lubricious (Low Insertion Force)<\/li>\n<li>Smooth Dilator-to-Sheath Transition<\/li>\n<li>Radio-opaque (RO) Fillers Available<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>More Options and Customization<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In addition to the more common materials listed above, FluoroPEELZ\u2122 can also be used to produce tear-away introducers that provide a convenient method for removing the sheath without displacing the introduced catheter. Other resins may also be available.<\/p>\n<p>Ask us about other ways to further customize your components. Angle cutting, flanging, tapering, and many more\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeusinc.com\/products\/value-add\/\">value-add services<\/a>\u00a0are available upon request.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"yellow button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zeusinc.com\/contact-us\">REQUEST A SAMPLE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introducer kits are the primary gateway for vascular access for catheterization and similar procedures. Composed minimally of an introducer (or introducer sheath), dilator, and guidewire (or needle), Zeus can provide the key components for these kits to make vascular entry easier. Our extrusions for dilators and introducers are strong, lubricious, and offer excellent trackability to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":5138,"parent":5075,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-specifications.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5103","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5103\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5075"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}