Coaxial needle
Safe & effective needle placement for hard-to-reach targets
Gangi-SoftGuard® combines the well-known technique of a coaxial biopsy needle with an all new spring loaded blunt tip stylet providing more control during soft tissue biopsy.
The spring loaded blunt tip stylet:
- Enables penetration without removal of the blunt needle
- Provides visual and tactile feedback
Blunt tip:
- Coaxial blunt tip stylet helps reduce the risk of damage to vasculature or other organs
Coaxial biopsy needle:
- Provides the ability to cut through tissue
- Centimeter markings on needle for easy depth evaluation
- Echogenic marking on cannula allow for precise ultrasound placement


Product Assortment
Gangi-SoftGuard® 12G

Gangi-SoftGuard® 12G
Needle (ID 2.48 mm)
Blunt stylet, Trocar stylet, Reference guide
Available needle length: 12.1 cm
Suitable biopsy device size: 13G
Sterile, single use
Ordering information:
SG12-121 Gangi-SoftGuard® 12G, 12.1 cm
MOQ 5 units
Gangi-SoftGuard® 13G

Gangi-SoftGuard® 13G
Needle (ID 2.18 mm)
Blunt stylet, Trocar stylet, Reference guide
Available needle lengths: 7.1, 12.1, 17.1 cm
Suitable biopsy device size: 14G
Sterile, single use
Ordering information:
SG13-071 Gangi-SoftGuard® 13G, 7.1 cm
SG13-121 Gangi-SoftGuard® 13G, 12.1 cm
SG13-171 Gangi-SoftGuard® 13G, 17.1 cm
MOQ 5 units
Gangi-SoftGuard® 15G

Gangi-SoftGuard® 15G
Needle (ID 1.73 mm)
Blunt stylet, Trocar stylet, Reference guide
Available needle length: 7.1, 12.1, 17.1 cm
Suitable biopsy device size: 16G
Sterile, single use
Ordering information:
SG15-071 Gangi-SoftGuard® 15G, 7.1 cm
SG15-121 Gangi-SoftGuard® 15G, 12.1 cm
SG15-171 Gangi-SoftGuard® 15G, 17.1 cm
MOQ 5 units
Gangi-SoftGuard® 17G

Gangi-SoftGuard® 17G
Needle (ID 1.33 mm)
Blunt stylet, Trocar stylet, Reference guide
Available needle length: 7.1, 12.1, 17.1 cm
Suitable biopsy device size: 18G
Sterile, single use
Ordering information:
SG17-071 Gangi-SoftGuard® 17G, 7.1 cm
SG17-121 Gangi-SoftGuard® 17G, 12.1 cm
SG17-171 Gangi-SoftGuard® 17G, 17.1 cm
MOQ 5 units
Documents
Product Sheets (PDF)
Presentations (PDF)
Videos (YouTube)
Case studies (PDF)
Articles and references
- Roberto Luigi Cazzato, Julien Garnon, Behnam Shaygi, Jean Caudrelier, Salem Bauones, Georgia Tsoumakidou, Guillaume Koch and Afshin Gangi (2017). Performance of a New Blunt-Tip Coaxial Needle for Percutaneous Biopsy and Drainage of ”Hard-To-Reach” Targets. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 2017
- P.P. Rao, E. Breton, J. Garnon, R.L. Cazzato, G. Koch, J. Caudrelier, G. Tsoumakidu, A. Gangi. Preclinical evaluation of the atraumatic nature of a spring loaded blunt tip coaxial needle in a swine model. Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging 2019