36CM DISP PASSER PKG ASSY The Disposable Subcutaneous Peritoneal Catheter Passer is a two-component instrument consisting of a stainless tubular shaft with an ULTEM obturator. This product is used to provide a subcutaneous tunnel between the flushing-device site and the incision for the peritoneal catheter. The catheter consists of an open tubular shaft, concentric with a T-handled obturator which extends beyond the tubular shaft. The instrument is passed subcutaneously with the obturator assembled in the tubular shaft. Once the obturator has been removed, the catheter tubing can be passed and the tubular shaft portion of the instrument can be removed in either direction.
A sterile, hand-held manual surgical instrument designed to create a subcutaneous tunnel (artificial passageway) between percutaneous entry and exit incisions for the subcutaneous placement of a device (e.g., catheter for medication administration, shunt). It is available in a variety of forms and may be: 1) a luminal sheath with a removable inner obturator, intended for co-axial device introduction, followed by sheath removal; or 2) a non-luminal device intended to either lead or pull the device through subcutaneous tissue. It is not intended for tunnelling through deep tissues. This is a single-use device.
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