Chameleon™ PTA Balloon Catheter
Minimize the complexity of vascular access maintenance. Chameleon™ is a unique dual diagnostic and high-pressure balloon catheter for simpler, more streamlined PTA procedures.
PTA simplified.
The innovation is in the third port — enabling efficiencies through targeted, proximal injection of diagnostic and therapeutic fluids before, during, or after inflation.
- Allows to vizualise immediately and repeat as needed1
- Minimizes contrast use2
- Reduces the length of the procedure by reducing the steps1,2,3
- Reduces the number of exchanges by keeping the guidewire in place1
- Minimizes radiation exposure1,2
- Allows for multiple use — inject with sheath or sheathless, balloon expanded or retracted3
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Novel dialysis access maintenance applications
Catering to a variety of uses, the Chameleon™ PTA balloon catheter supports common and unique dialysis access procedures:
- Retrograde approach: juxta-anastomotic fistula stenosis1
- Reflux angiography of AV grafts4
- Declot/thrombectomy procedures5
- Fibrin sheath disruption procedures5
- Central vein stenosis5
- BAM: balloon assisted maturation5
Multitask through one device.
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Versatility and efficiency
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Procedure comparison study
Review the Chameleon™ PTA balloon catheter procedural comparison study from the Journal of Vascular Access.†
- 34.2% less procedure time with less steps (p=0.0008)2
- 27.7% reduction of fluoro time (p=0.0180)2
- 49.9% reduction of contrast volume (p=0.0001)2
†When compared to standard technique, statistically significant per multiple regression.
34.2%
less procedure time with less steps (p=0.0008)2
21
minutes
average procedural time3
Novel thrombectomy technique study
Learn about a novel thrombectomy technique using the Chameleon™ PTA balloon catheter to perform imaging, thrombectomy and angioplasty.3
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Additional resources
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- Crawford, J., Kokkosis, A, Kim, P., et al. Fistuloplasty using a radiation-and-time saving sheathless balloon catheter. J Vasc Access 2019;20(3): 276–280.
- Crawford J, Gasparis A, Kim P, Jotwani M, Banerjee S, Labropoulos N. Procedural comparison of a standard PTA balloon for fistula and graft maintenance procedures with the novel Chameleon™ PTA balloon catheter. J Vasc Access. 2020.
- Kramer A, Ross J, Gasparis AP. Chameleon™ PTA balloon catheter: A single device in managing thrombosed AV access. J Vasc Access. 2023 Mar;24(2):305-310.
- Internal data: A Single Arm, Open-Label Feasibility Study for Assessing the Safety and Performance of Chameleon PTA Catheter in Dysfunctional Arteriovenous Dialysis Fistulae (AVF) or Graft (AVG). March 2016.
- Angela Kokkosis, MD; Rashid Sharaf, MD; Ari Kramer, MD; and Jeffrey Hoggard, MD. Use of the Chameleon™ PTA Balloon Catheter in Hemodialysis Access Procedures. Insert to endovascular today, June 2021, vol 20, n°6.
