A mandrin is a metal guide for flexible catheters.[1] It is a stiff wire or stylet inserted into the soft catheter and gives it shape and firmness while passing through a hollow tubular structure.[2] It is sometimes called a mandrel,[2] although mandrel may refer to other types of instruments as well.

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  1. ↑ thefreedictionary.com > mandrin Citing: Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary, 3 ed. 2007 by Elsevier, Inc., and Dorland's Medical Dictionary for Health Consumers. 2007 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier.
  2. 1 2 thefreedictionary.com > "mandrin". The American Heritage Medical Dictionary. 2007 by Houghton Mifflin Company.


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