How would the catheter be inserted?
A. There are a number of possibilities. The standard peel-away introducer inserted in our patented Peel-Guard device allows peeling the introducer without first extracting it from the vein. The catheter that remains in the vein is a midline PU catheter. Both the catheter tube and the introducer are off-the-shelf, standard products.) As mentioned earlier, the product submitted has an approval as a PICC replacement with no limit on dwelling time. The second insertion technique is through an existing standard cannula with the option of leaving the regular cannula in the vein. This will act as an extended dweller and may reduce the actual cost of the procedure. We anticipate starting to gather clinical data in 2008 to support the use of the standard cannula as an inserter.
