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Continuous Nerve Blocks as Simple as a Single Shot Technique
Continuous Nerve Blocks as Simple as a Single Shot Technique
The new E-Cath and E-Cath Plus combine the best of clinical experience and the latest technical expertise. All updates take place at the hub: the E-Cath II has a simplifed release mechanism, a bayonet lock with an audible and tactile 'click' and smaller profile hub for increased patient comfort. The slim design of the new ECath II facilitates the fixation of the catheter with an Epi-Guard.
Pajunk's E-Cath is a catheter-over-needle (CON) system developed with Dr. Ban Tsui that addresses the complex challenges of Continuous Nerve Blocks (CNB): catheter kinking, leakage, migration, and dislocation.
As a result of the proximal opening, during injection, anesthetic flows between the outer wall of the E Cath and the inner wall of the indwelling catheter, improving ultrasound visibility
Connection between the indwelling catheter, puncture needle and E-Cath and can be verified with a tactile and audible 'click'
Double layered design of E-Catheter and indwelling cannula forms a stable and safe double lumen ensuring an unhindered flow of the anesthetic and increases kink resistance
Catheter placement is easy as single shot
Catheter-Over-Needle technique (CON) reduces the risk of leakage and minimizes catheter dislocation
Optimized ultrasound visibility of needle tip, needle shaft, and catheter
The E-Cath II Plus has a steel wire reinforced E-Catheter that protrudes 15mm past the indwelling catheter for easy placement beyond the nerve. The E-Cath II Plus catheter is closed tip with three lateral openings for optimized 360° distribution of the anesthetic. The extra length can compensate for minor tissue movement reducing the chance of catheter migration.
As with the E-Cath II, the E-Cath II Plus features a slim design which facilitates the fixation of the catheter with an Epi-Guard.
E-catheter tip protrudes 15mm past the indwelling catheter
Steel wire reinforced, closed tip E-Catheter with three lateral openings for optimized 360° distribution of anesthetic
Connection between the indwelling catheter, puncture needle and E-Cath and can be verified with a tactile and audible 'click'
As a result of the proximal opening, anesthetic flows between the outer wall of the ecath and the inner wall of the indwelling catheter during injection improving ultrasound visibility
Double layered design of E-Catheter and indwelling cannula forms a stable and safe double lumen ensuring an unhindered flow of the anesthetic and increases kink resistance
1 Fuzier R. et al. (2015). The echogenicity of nerve blockade needles, Anesth., 70: 462–466.
2 Ip, V. H. Y. et al. (2021). How I Do It: Technical report on surgically-initiated rectus sheath catheter using catheter-over-needle assembly. The Canadian Journal of Urology, 28 (5): 10871–10873.
3 Ip V. H. Y. et al. (2013). The catheter-over-needle assembly offers greater stability and less leakage compared to the traditional counterpart in continuous interscalene nerve blocks: a randomized, patient-blinded study. Can. J. Anesth., 60: 1272–1273.
1 Fuzier R. et al. (2015). The echogenicity of nerve blockade needles, Anesth., 70: 462–466.
2 Ip, V. H. Y. et al. (2021). How I Do It: Technical report on surgically-initiated rectus sheath catheter using catheter-over-needle assembly. The Canadian Journal of Urology, 28 (5): 10871–10873.
3 Ip V. H. Y. et al. (2013). The catheter-over-needle assembly offers greater stability and less leakage compared to the traditional counterpart in continuous interscalene nerve blocks: a randomized, patient-blinded study. Can. J. Anesth., 60: 1272–1273.