Features & Benefits:
- BD offers the Heimlich Chest Drain Valve which is a specially designed flutter valve that replaces underwater bottles for chest drainage.
- The valve consists of rubber tubing compressed at one end to form leaflets that allow unidirectional air flow.
- Connection differentiation, The BD Heimlich valve features a blue end that connects to most patient chest catheters, and a transparent end that connects to a vented drainage bag.
- The valve is sterile and single use, and it features sealed transparent housing to help prevent infection.
- If necessary, the distal, transparent end can connect to regulated, intermittent sporadic suction for removing secretions.
- A transparent, protective plastic chamber with tapered ends encases the valve, enabling you to monitor its performance.
- The proximal end of the casing can attach to most chest catheters, and the distal end can connect to tubing that empties into a vented drainage bag.
- BD Bard-Parker Heimlich chest drain (CS0010) sealed flutter valve is sterile, Latex Free and Disposable.
Application:
- Used in Chest Drainage.
