IV Catheters

Although safety devices were introduced over a decade ago, preventing needlestick injuries continues to be a major concern. With the B. Braun Introcan Safety® IV Catheter, you are protected by a truly passive safety device that is activated automatically and cannot be by-passed. No extra steps are required to ensure healthcare worker and patient safety.

This easy-to-use safety IV catheter incorporates separate needle and catheter flashback - Double Flashback technology - that gives you the added confidence of successful placement every time. The sharp needle features a Universal Bevel geometry that allows a wider choice of insertion angles, which is designed to make the catheter easy to adapt to and venipuncture more comfortable for patients. And with less plastic content than other safety IV catheters, you can potentially reduce storage space and medical waste.

Raise your facility’s standard of care and choose the B. Braun Introcan Safety® IV Catheter to:

• Reduce Needlestick Injuries: recent studies confirm that passive safety designs offer 2-3 times better protection against accidental needlesticks than active designs. INS Standards also recommend the use of passive safety devices
• Promote First Stick Success: the innovative Double Flashback technology allows separate confirmation of both needle and catheter placement, which can result in better first stick success and greater clinician confidence. New Thinwall technology in our 24 Ga. catheters is designed to speed flashback of blood to help confirm placement in patients. Research also shows Introcan Safety® is easier to introduce into the vein compared to the leading IV catheter
• Improve Patient Comfort: the sharp needle features a Universal Bevel that is designed for a wider choice of insertion angles and produces less tearing
• Ensure Best Practices: the passive safety design ensures that the safety mechanism is always activated and prevents re-insertion of the stylet. Additionally, a recent study shows Introcan Safety® results in less blood exposure to staff than catheters featuring spring-retraction of the needle
• Help the Environment: lighter, more compact design can potentially lower shipping, storage and waste disposal costs

The ClearSafe Comfort contains all of the features and benefits as its counterpart, the ClearSafe, but with the added benefit of PUR (polyurethane) catheter material. This material provides a softer, more comfortable patient experience, and a longer in-dwelling performance for the catheter.

The cost-effective MedSource ClearSafe™ IV catheter is designed to allow caregivers easy and safe IV access. The specially designed beveled needle provides smooth, painless insertion. The clicking lock mechanism ensures safety from cross-contamination.

• Fully encapsulating needle shield with clicking lock safety mechanism
• Ergonomically designed thumb grip
• Gently tapered catheter tip
• Large-volume chamber
• Designed to help healthcare workers protect themselves from exposure to blood borne pathogens via needlestick injuries
• Provides smooth transition from needle to catheter
• Allows for a variety of user techniques to aid insertion
• Provides clear visual conformation through flashback

• Compatible with customary technique
• Documented results proven to reduce accidental needlesticks
• Universal color coded to indicate catheter gauge at a glance
• Straight Hub
• Radiopaque
• Polyurethane

Available in different gauge and length sizes.

Insyte™ Autoguard™ shielded IV catheter made of Vialon™ biomaterial.  With the push of a button, the needle instantly retracts reducing the risk of accidental needlestick injuries.

BD Vialon™, a unique proprietary biomaterial, has been proven to enhance clinical and economic outcomes.

• Increases the ease of penetration
• Reduces the risks of infiltration
• Exhibits greater kink resistance
• Reduces the risks of phlebitis up to 50%
• Reduces IV restarts due to reduced complicationsIncreases indwelling time
• Reduces the total IV therapy costs to use due to longer indwelling times

Notched needle technology provides rapid visualization of blood return along the catheter shaft. It is an excellent choice for fragile vessels or vessels that have lost venous tone:

• Any chronically ill patient who has compromised vein status
• Neonates
• Geriatrics

Available in Different Sizes.

The cost-effective ClearSafe™ IV catheter is designed to allow caregivers easy and safe IV access. The specially designed beveled needle provides smooth, painless insertion. The clicking lock mechanism ensures safety from cross-contamination.

• Fully encapsulating needle shield with clicking lock safety mechanism
• Ergonomically designed thumb grip
• Gently tapered catheter tip
• Large-volume chamber
• Designed to help healthcare workers protect themselves from exposure to blood borne pathogens via needlestick injuries
• Provides smooth transition from needle to catheter
• Allows for a variety of user techniques to aid insertion
• Provides clear visual conformation through flashback

• Documented results that prove their success in reducing accidental needle sticks
• Catheters are made of FEP polymer
• Safely encases the needle as the catheter is advanced
• Needle gasket designed to minimize blood exposure
• Straight Hub
• Radiopaque

ViaValve® Safety IV Catheter features:

• Techrilon® polyurethane catheter
• Introducer promotes one-handed insertion and threading
• Catheter's ribbed hub facilitates catheter securement
• FLASH-VUE™ early flash indicator reveals when the needle tip enters the vein, featured on the gauges 20 to 24
• V-point needle helps maximize patient comfort with low penetration force
• Helps prevent unintended needlesticks
• The catheter, once in the patient's vein, is activated by attaching the Luer fitting of an infusion line which opens the valve to allow unrestricted flow
• Safety guard surrounds the retracted introducer needle and produces a "click" to indicate that the needle is contained for handling and disposal
• Provides blood control to help reduce the risk of blood exposure and contamination
• Unique valve inside the catheter hub impedes blood flow from the patient's vein upon initial venipuncture

Features:

• Push-button shielding technology to help reduce needlestick injuries
• Blood-control technology to help reduce the risk of blood exposure
• BD Vialon™ biomaterial to help reduce the chance of mechanical phlebitis
• BD Instaflash™ needle technology helps confirm vessel entry to reduce hit-or-miss insertion and help provide greater first-stick success

Insyte™ Autoguard™ shielded IV catheter made of Vialon™ biomaterial has wings. With the push of a button, the needle instantly retracts reducing the risk of accidental needlestick injuries.

Features

• Increases the ease of penetration
• Reduces the risks of infiltration
• Exhibits greater kink resistance
• Reduces the risks of phlebitis up to 50%
• Reduces IV restarts due to reduced complications
• Increases indwelling time
• Reduces the total IV therapy costs to use due to longer indwelling times

Notched needle technology provides rapid visualization of blood return along the catheter shaft. It is an excellent choice for fragile vessels or vessels that have lost venous tone:

• Any chronically ill patient who has compromised vein status
• Neonates
• Geriatrics

The Protectiv® Plus Safety IV Catheters pioneered the movement to innovative safety design that protect the healthcare worker from the risks associated with accidental needlestick injuries. For more than a decade, Protectiv® Safety IV Catheters have been the trusted choice of healthcare professionals.

Protectiv® Safety IV Catheter features:

• Compatible with customary technique
• Documented results proven to reduce accidental needlesticks
• Universal color coded to indicate catheter gauge at a glance
• Safely encases the needle as the catheter is advanced
• Needle gasket designed to minimize blood exposure
• Winged Hub
• Radiopaque
• Polyurethane

JELCO® I.V. Catheter features:

• A leading conventional peripheral I.V. catheter
• FEP polymer construction and "J"-point needle design allow clinicians to easily feel the vein entry
• Ease of use starting arterial lines and gaining I.V. access.
• Thin wall catheter design provides higher flow rates than standard wall catheters, often allowing for use in a smaller gauge device

Available in different gauge and length sizes. 

The TrueSafe™ Comfort Safety I.V. catheter is designed to reduce hit-and-miss insertion attempts by immediately confirming vessel entry, enabling you to stay focused on the insertion site. The design allows for catheter blood flash observation incorporated into gauge sizes 20g - 24g. After threading, with the press of a button, the needle instantly retracts into the barrel chamber, helping reduce accidental needle sticks and making sharps disposal easier.

The TrueSafe™ Comfort Safety I.V. Catheter offers the same features and benefits as the standard TrueSafe™ version, except it is manufactured with PUR. PUR allows for a softer, more comfortable experience for the patient and a longer in-dwelling performance.

• Catheter manufactured with PUR (Poly-Urethane)
• siliconized ground stainless steel needle
• Instant flashback notched needle
• Smooth surface for easy catheter insertion and advancement. More comfortable for patients and a longer in-dwelling performance
• Sharp needle technology provides both ease of penetration and improved patient comfort during cannulation

• Passive Safety Needle Shield: Aids in prevention of needlestick injuries
• Multiple-Access Blood Control Septum: Aids in prevention of blood exposure
• Integrated Stabilization Platform: Designed to improve catheter stability and minimize movement within the vessel
• Enhanced Hub Design with Smooth Ergonomic Surface: Designed for greater patient comfort, easier connections and less touch contamination
• Double flashback technology : Provides a quick visual confirmation of accurate catheter placement with separate needle and catheter flashback
• Fully automatic passive safety shield : Requires no manual activation, cannot be bypassed and stops needle reinsertions

Protectiv®-Winged Safety IV Catheter  features:

• Compatible with customary technique
• Documented results proven to reduce accidental needlesticks
• Universal color coded to indicate catheter gauge at a glance
• Safely encases the needle as the catheter is advanced
• Needle gasket designed to minimize blood exposure
• Winged Hub
• Radiopaque
• FEP Polymer

SURFLO® Teflon IV Catheters have an ultra-sharp double-bevel introducer needle plus a medical grade lubricant allow for easier penetration and smoother travel through tissue. Preview chamber in clear sure-grip hub gives immediate indication of proper placement. Flexible thin wall catheter with large inner diameter assures good blood flow. Safe, easy-to-handle, tamper-evident packaging.

The TrueSafe™ safety IV catheter is designed to reduce hit-and-miss insertion attempts by immediately confirming vessel entry, enabling you to stay focused on the insertion site. The design features a notched needle which allows for catheter bloodflash observation; incorporated into gauge sizes 20 to 24ga.

• Catheter manufactured with PTFE (Teflon)
• siliconized ground stainless steel needle
• Instant flashback notched needle
• Smooth surface for easy catheter insertion and advancement
• Sharp needle technology provides both ease of penetration and improved patient comfort during cannulation

• Compatible with customary technique
• Documented results proven to reduce accidental needlesticks
• Universal color coded to indicate catheter gauge at a glance
• Straight Hub
• Radiopaque
• FEP Polymer

Safelet IV Catheters are radio-opaque, and contain color-coded casing caps to allow for easy identification of catheter size. These catheters feature a functional design casing, permitting one-action opening and no rolling.

Features:

• Easy dispenser pack
• Translucent catheter hub and flashback chamber allow for easy detection of blood flashback at vein insertion
• Precision finished PTFE catheter assures stable flow and eliminates catheter tip kink during venipuncture
• "New Point" finished sharp introducer needle requires no incision at venipuncture
• Can be connected to syringe by removing filter cap to expose Luer taper end
• Use of hydrophobic membrane filter eliminates blood leakage
• Close and smooth contact between catheter tip and inner needle enables safe and smooth venipuncture
• Crimped smooth engagement between catheter and hub, without use of adhesive, helps eliminate blood residuals and helps reduce blood coagulation or hemolysis

• Designed with FEP polymer
• Available in longer lengths for special placement

Features:

• Push-button shielding technology to help reduce needlestick injuries
• Blood-control technology to help reduce the risk of blood exposure
• BD Vialon™ biomaterial to help reduce the chance of mechanical phlebitis
• BD Instaflash™ needle technology helps confirm vessel entry to reduce hit-or-miss insertion and help provide greater first-stick success

The BD Nexiva™ Closed IV Catheter System, Dual Port has been designed to:

• Reduce insertion attempts
• Increase protection against blood exposure and needlestick injuries
• Simplify IV therapy process
• Enhance patient safety and satisfaction
• Safety feature: Needle shielding device

Features:

• Designed with FEP polymer
• Available in longer lengths for special placement (3.00, 3.25 and 5.25 inches)

• Sterilized, ready to use
• Single use only
• Attached syringe determines correct needle placement in the trachea by air aspiration
• Comes with foam neck tape with Velcro lock
• Available in different sizes. See Item Name for details

Port-A-Cath® Plastic Huber Needle features:

• Non-coring, non-siliconized
• Sterile fluid path, ethylene oxide gas sterilized
• Not made with natural rubber latex
• 90° Bend

These Exel Safelet Catheter's crimped smooth engagement between catheter and hub, without use of adhesive, helps eliminate blood residuals and helps reduce blood coagulation or hemolysis.

Features:

• Easy dispenser pack
• Functional design casing permitting one action opening and no rolling
• Translucent catheter hub and flashback chamber allows for easy detection of blood flashback at vein insertion
• Radio-opaque catheter
• Precision finished PTFE catheter assures stable flow and eliminates catheter tip kink during venipuncture
• New Point finished sharp introducer needle requires no incision at venipuncture
• Can be connected to syringe by removing filter cap to expose Luer taper end
• Use of hydrophobic membrane filter eliminates blood leakage
• Close and smooth contact between catheter tip and inner needle enables safe and smooth venipuncture
• 14 gauge x 2 inches
• Stainless cannula 1.65mm OD, tot

Axiom® silicone formulation defeats clot build-up yet is soft and pliable reducing the problem of adjacent tissue erosion.

Axiom® thoracic silicone drain features include:

• Stab-Pull® end allows easy, atraumatic insertion
• X-Ray opaque line to locate exact placement
• Expanded proximal end allows use of a large ID connector
• Enlarged, smooth eyes maximize drainage
• Beveled, non-reduced distal tip sustains constant I.D. throughout entire catheter length
• Available with or without CLOT STOP^®, which assures virtually clog-free drainage and easy, gentle removal. It also eliminates the need for "milking", and doesn't interact with the bloods clotting mechanisms

• Clinical study found Ocrilon® polyurethane catheter material to reduce the risk of phlebitis by nearly 60% as compared with FEP polymer (relative risk = 0.41; p = 0.007)
• Sterile fluid path
• Ethylene oxide gas sterilized
• Not made with natural rubber latex

Designed with both the patient and the clinician in mind, ARGYLE™ umbilical vessel catheters (UVC) sets the standard of care for premature infants. The ARGYLE™ product portfolio includes single, dual and triple lumen UVCs and a full line of NEO-SERT™ insertion trays. All products are latex and DEHP free. UVCs benefit the patient by reducing the need for painful venipunctures and provides double or triple the access of a single lumen catheter. This allows simultaneous multiple therapies from one device. The NEO-SERT™ insertion trays provide everything needed for the procedure in one preassembled disposable tray. The UMB-E™ catheter anchor provides a convenient, safe and secure way to anchor umbilical catheters.

• Completely encapsulated X-ray opaque lines
• Smooth, rounded atraumatic tip
• Numerical depth marks from 5 to 25cm
• Polyurethane construction
• Latex and DEHP Free
• Dual and triple lumen lumen UVCs are available
• Easy to view on X-ray to determine proper placement
• Reduced risk of trauma
• Allows for accurate placement
• Strong, durable material resists leaks and breaks
• Reduced risk to patients

• The central venous catheter is designed for treatment of critically ill patients and is suggested for:
• Continuous or intermittent drug infusions
• Central venous blood pressure monitoring (CVP)
• Acute hyperalimentation
• Blood sampling
• Delivery of whole blood or blood products
• Simultaneous, separate infusion of drugs

• Catheter tip permits easy insertion while reducing risk of trauma
• Bold depth markings and radiopaque lines assist and verify placement
• Simple trocar withdrawal
• Designed with safety in mind