Catheter Technologies

Dilators & Sheaths

We’re the market leader in dilator and sheath technologies that support interventional therapies. Our custom vascular access components come in a wide range of sizes, polymers, colors, and value-added operations.

Vascular dilators and introducer sheaths by SPG

Off-the-Shelf Dilators & Sheaths

A gray dilator by SPG

Our off-the-shelf components can jump start product development projects. Standard dilators and sheaths are available in our Component Webstore, ready to ship the next day.

Quick-Turn Standard Designs

With hundreds of tools and countless configurations readily available, we can rapidly produce prototypes to support your development projects.

 

Custom Dilators & Sheaths

Vascular dilators and introducer sheaths by SPG

Our dilator and introducer sheath technologies include custom designs in various materials, sizes, colors, and post-extrusion operations.

Materials

Dilators

  • LDPE
  • HDPE
  • Pebax®
  • Radiopaque fillers (barium sulfate)

Sheaths

  • HDPE
  • Pebax
  • FEP

Sizes

  • 8 Fr–28 Fr

Dilator Technologies

A blue dilator by SPG
  • Tipping (radius, atraumatic)
  • Custom & extra-length tapers
  • Multidurometer
  • Large-diameter dilators for structural heart applications
  • Bonding & butt bonding
  • OD grinding & tip profile grinding
  • Overmolded hubs
  • Laser marking & pad printing

Sheath Technologies

  • Thermoplastic resins with radiopaque additives
  • Tipping, flaring & cuffing
  • Variable-stiffness shafts
  • Electrode embedding
  • Insulation sheath for robotic surgery applications
  • Encapsulated radiopaque or nonmetallic marker bands
  • Braid- or coil-reinforced shafts
  • Laser marking & pad printing
  • Complex subassemblies
  • Steerable and deflectable sheaths

See the complete list of our Secondary Operations

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Questions? Our engineers are here to help.

We’re happy to help with your projects in any way we can. Contact us and we’ll email you back the information you’re looking for, or we’ll schedule a call to discuss with you in more detail.

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