Utilising deep veins in the upper arm and echo-guided venipunture, it is now possible to combine the advantages of a totally implantable subcutaneous port with the insertion technique of a PICC line.
The catheter is introduced and placed using a standard PICC insertion technique, echo-guided venipunture, micro-introducer set and ECG catheter tip location.
The catheter is then connected to a small port, placed in a subcutaneous pocket, in the middle third of a upper arm.
Indications:
- chemiotherapies
- anatomical contraindications to traditional chest posts
- aesthetic considerations
Advantages:
- absence of the exit-site
- reduced risk of infection compared to PICCs
- reduced maintenance
- less invasive and increased Quality of Life
Features
| Chamber | |
| Material: | Titanium |
| Shape and size: | Wedged – base 21 mm x 16 mm |
| Height: | 8,6 mm |
| Weight: | 6 g |
| Interior Volume: | 0,2 ml |
Catheter with rounded tip, marked with a dot every centimeter and a number every 5 centimeters.
| Septum | |
| Material: | Silicone |
Available diameter for punctures: |
9 mm |
| Maximum number of stings: | 1500 with 22G Huber needle |
Max FLOW RATE: 2 ml/s with Max pressure 300PSI, Max Viscosity 12cP
description minMAX |
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(mm) |
(mm) |
(Fr) |
(mm) |
Size (Fr) |
ml/min 22GA |
Flow (ml/min) 22G |
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All-in-One Kit Content |
| Chamber |
| Catheter |
| Connector |
| Straight Huber needle 22G x 1″ |
| Luer connector |
| Peel-away Introducer-dilator 21G introducer needle |
| Nitinol straight tip guidewire |
| Stainless steel tunneler |
All-in-One*: this configuration includes also a 10ml syringe, a blunt tip needle, a vein lifter, 22G Huber needle with extension.