Preparing and Using the SpyScope™
Access and Delivery Catheter
NOTE: To avoid damage to the probe, pull the probe a few millimeters back into
the catheter during insertion of the catheter and probe into the duodenoscope.
NOTE: If a guidewire is not required for cannulation and the SpyBite™ Biopsy
Forceps will be used, you may preload the SpyBite Biopsy Forceps prior to passing
the SpyScope Catheter.
NOTE: Ensure the elevator of the duodenoscope is down as the SpyScope Catheter
exits the duodenoscope.
•Attach the SpyScope Catheter to the duodenoscope by securing the plastic strap
onto the handle of the duodenoscope.
•Through the optic port on the handle of the SpyScope Access and Delivery
Catheter, load the SpyGlass™Probe, and advance using short strokes. (Figure 8)
You’ll be able to see the lighted, fibre optic probe going through the catheter.
•Advance the probe until it is flush with the end of the SpyScope Catheter.
As you approach the distal end of the SpyScope Catheter, you will observe on
the monitor that the visible image changes from a translucent appearance to
teal/blue.
•Check to be sure there is still a good image on the monitor to verify the probe
was not damaged during insertion into the SpyScope Catheter.
•If a guidewire will be used in the procedure, backload a 450 cm wire into the
working channel of the SpyScope Catheter before delivering the catheter and
probe through the duodenoscope. (Figure 9)
•Ensure the probe is pulled back into the catheter several millimeters to avoid
damage to the probe.
•Using short strokes, insert the SpyScope Catheter and SpyGlass Probe into
the working channel of the duodenoscope, over the elevator and into the
Ampulla of Vater.
•Adjust the position of the probe inside the SpyScope Catheter as required during
the procedure.