Special Features:

Used for pleural fluid drainage; chest tube placement is facilitated using standard percutaneous entry (seldinger) technique; sideports are positioned at the distal end of the chest tube; includes echotip echogenic needle for placement; includes thal-quick chest tube, percutaneous entry needle, appr -sized dilators, amplatz extra-stiff wire guide with saf-t-j tip, disposable thumb scalpel; catheter length 41cm; 4 sideports; french size 32.0

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.