What are Huber needles and Implanted Ports?
Huber needles are an alternative to other infusion delivery systems. They are used in conjunction with patient implanted ports and are used for patient therapies requiring repeated vascular access and long-term fluid therapies. Implanted ports were developed in the early 1990’s as an alternative to long-term tunneled catheters.
Implanted port systems consist of an injection port with a self-sealing septum and a radiopaque catheter that extends just above the superior vena cava for faster dilution and more effective flow of the injected fluid into the patient’s circulatory system.
Port systems are used for the withdrawal of blood samples and the infusion of medications, total parenteral nutritional solutions, blood products and imaging solutions.
What is special about Huber needles?
Huber needles optimize percutaneous access to the septum of a port insertion with non-coring needle through the septum of the product. The needle is inserted percutaneously through the port septum and into the port reservoir. The injection fluid then flows from the reservoir through the catheter and into the patient’s vascular system.
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