Backed by years of research, the Arrow Epidural Catheter is a trusted and reliable product that is in high demand across many countries. Designed to reduce complications in the epidural space, for adults as well as for children (in caudal and lumbar procedures), the solution has many key benefits that set it apart from typical Nylon catheters.
These include:
- Kink-resistance and tensile strength coupled with a soft, flexible tip reduce the risk of paraesthesia and the inadvertent penetration of blood vessels or the dura, that can misdirect the delivery of anaesthetics.1,2
- Simpler and faster epidural procedures are facilitated by the catheter’s unique coil-reinforced body. The structural integrity of this design provides resistance to collapsing and requires no stylet for insertion (exceptional for caudal procedures in children).
- Catheter radiopacity is enhanced by the inner spiral-wound stainless-steel coil body construction.
Other design features include:
- Atraumatic, Flexible Tip - Distal tip design reduces the risk of vessel puncture and paraesthesia. 1.2.
- Coil-reinforced Polyurethane Catheter Body - designed to provide the precise balance of softness and strength needed to achieve ease of placement, reliable patency and less inadvertent penetration.
- Thread Assist Guide - Thread Assist Guide provides added stability to aide in the insertion of the catheter through the needle hub
- Proximal Flashback Windows - Distal and proximal flashback windows permit easy visualisation of fluid, if present.
- SnapLock™ Adapter - Single-snap adapter with indicator marking fastens securely to the catheter without lumen collapse and reduces catheter disconnects. “Unlike other adapters, this locking mechanism is the most secure I have ever seen” (clinician’s feedback)
- MRI Compatible.
Contact a Teleflex Anaesthesia Account Manager or contact Customer Services at: Queries.UK@Teleflex.com
For further information, visit: Epidural Catheters | EMEA | Teleflex
References
1. Junega M, MD, Kargas GA, MD, Miller D, CRNA, Perry E, MD, Gupta B, MD, Pajel V, MD, Botic Z, MD, and Rigor B, MD. Comparisons of Epidural Catheters Induced Paresthesia in Parturients. Poster presentation from the American Society of Regional Anesthesia (A.S.R.A.) meeting: presented April, 1995 – Orlando, FL. Regional Anesthesia 1995; 20 (Suppl.):4.
2. Junega M, MD, Kargas GA, MD, Miller D, CRNA, Perry E, MD, Botic Z, MD, and Rigor B, MD. Incidence of Epidural Vein Cannulation in Parturients with Three Different Epidural Catheters. Regional Anesthesia 1996; 21 (Suppl.):4.
