Special Features:

Used for reliable and expedient catheterization of the main pulmonary artery and its branches; has a reversed secondary curve which when introduced from the right femoral vein, passes readily from the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery; sterile; comes in peel-open packages; one time use

Properties:

A component of a catheter and needle unit, intravenous. It is a flexible, homogenous, hollow, cylindrical item, having a funnel or luer end, suitable for introduction into a vein. It is nontoxic and free from tissue reaction, and capable of insertion through a hypodermic needle of specific size. For items without funnel or luer end, see tube, intravenous.