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PLEUR-EVAC PNEUMONECTOMY UNIT

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Pleur-evac^® Pneumonectomy Unit

Pneumonectomy Unit

A pnuemonectomy balanced drainage system provides surgeons with an effective way to deal with a contaminated pnuemonectomy space.

A patient who needs a pnuemonectomy, but has an infected pleural cavity, faces the probability of post-operative empyema in the pnuemonectomy space.

The Pleur-evac pnuemonectomy unit is the only Pleur-evac model without the capability to impose suction.

The model is composed of 3 chambers:

Collection chamber – collects drainage – (white center chamber)
Positive pressure chamber – fill to 1 cm level
Negative pressure chamber – fill to -13 cm. There is no high negativity float valve. If patient negative pressure in pnuemonectomy space reaches – 13 cm, atmospheric air will be pulled into the system through the small arm of this column (blue, left hand side chamber)

The patient pressure will be “balanced” between +1 cm (red chamber) and -13 cm (blue chamber). This helps keep intrapleural pressure at a mean average of -6 cm of H2O, the physiological “norm”.

A-4301 Pneumonectomy Unit

Large capacity collection chamber: 2350 cc disposable unit safely collects infectious fluids
Accurate pressure control: Positive pressure (+1 cm) and negative pressure (-13 cm) are limited to facilitate collection of drainage and to help re-establish normal intra-thoracic pressure and avoid a potential mediastinal shift

Codes:

A-4301-08LF (Latex free)

A-4301-08L (Patient tubing contains latex)

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