Special Features:

Used for pleural fluid drainage. Chest tube placement is facilitated using standard percutaneous entry (seldinger) technique; the chest tube inserter, fitted to the chest tube, provides a smooth transition for ease of insertion over the wire guide; sideports are positioned at the distal end of the ch est tube; includes echotip echogenic needle for placement; includes thal-quick chest tube, percutaneous entry needle, appropriate-sized dilators, amplatz extra-stiff wire guide with safe-t-j tip, disposable thumb scalpel; catheter length 41cm; sideports, 4; french size36

Properties:

One or more bottles or multi-chamber container and tubing with accommodation for a chest catheter, designed for closed drainage of the pleural cavity, by means of a water seal. It may permit application of suction from an outside source, and may include an injection site.