Health Benifits

A hollow cylinder designed to be inserted into an artificial opening made in the trachea (windpipe) during a tracheotomy to provide a patent airway. It is typically constructed of plastic and may include an inner cannula.

It is available in cuffed, uncuffed, and/or fenestrated versions, and in a variety of shapes and sizes to meet the individual needs of the patient. It is typically secured in position by a tracheostomy tube holder fastened around the patient’s neck. This is a single-use device.

A non-sterile, semi-rigid tube with nasal prongs designed to be inserted into the nostrils of a patient, and held in place with a headstrap, to administer oxygen (O2). It is commonly known as “nasal prongs”. This is a single-use device.

A hollow cylinder inserted orally or nasally into the trachea to provide an unobstructed airway to convey gases and vapours to and from the lungs during anaesthesia, resuscitation, and other situations where the patient is not properly ventilated.

The device may: 1) be packaged with a connector that will attach to a breathing circuit or manual resuscitator; 2) have a distal inflatable cuff to seal against the tracheal wall; 3) be radiopaque; and 4) have a built-in pilot balloon for cuff pressure monitoring. It is typically made of plastic or rubber and is available in various diameters and lengths for adult and paediatric patients. This is a single-use device.

A hollow cylinder inserted orally or nasally into the trachea to provide an unobstructed airway to convey gases and vapours to and from the lungs during anaesthesia, resuscitation, and other situations where the patient is not properly ventilated.

The device may: 1) be packaged with a connector that will attach to a breathing circuit or manual resuscitator; 2) have a distal inflatable cuff to seal against the tracheal wall; 3) be radiopaque; and 4) have a built-in pilot balloon for cuff pressure monitoring. It is typically made of plastic or rubber and is available in various diameters and lengths for adult and paediatric patients. This is a reusable device.

A sterile, flexible tube designed for percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) to dilate a stenotic peripheral artery by controlled inflation of a distensible balloon(s) at its distal tip. It is available as: 1) an over-the-wire (OTW) type that has a double or triple lumen, one for the guidewire and one or two for single or double balloon inflation; and 2) a rapid exchange (RX) type with a single lumen.

It is available in various sizes for the dilatation of small, narrowed, or obstructed iliac, femoral, popliteal, ilio-femoral, infrapopliteal, renal and subclavian arteries. Some types may include microsurgical blades (atherotomes) to score the plaque. This is a single-use device.

A spike-like, orthopaedic, surgical instrument that is used to bore holes in bone. It is typically designed as a straight or slightly curve rod-like instrument with a sharp, trocar-like point at the distal end and a T-shaped handle at the proximal end. It is manually operated by the surgeon who rotates the point back and forth on the bone whilst exerting pressure onto the handle.

This operation will penetrate the hard outer bone and create a passage into, e.g., a medullary canal. It is typically made of high-grade stainless steel, titanium and a synthetic material for the handle (e.g., Tufnol). This is a reusable device.

A hand-held manual surgical instrument designed for the temporary, atraumatic compression of the aorta for haemostasis (arrest or prevention of bleeding) during a procedure. It typically has a self-retaining, scissors-like design with ring handles and is made of high-grade stainless steel; it may utilize inserts made of various materials (e.g., carbide).

It is available in various sizes and the working end can have a wide variety of blade designs (e.g., curved, angled, semicircular) specific to different applications (e.g., used as an aorta cross clamp, an aorta aneurysm clamp, or an aorta anastomosis clamp). This is a reusable device.

A sterile hollow cylinder inserted orally or nasally into the trachea to provide an unobstructed airway to convey gases and vapours to and from the lungs during anaesthesia, resuscitation, and other situations where the patient is not properly ventilated, and which is coated with an antimicrobial agent (e.g., silver) to help prevent infection.

It may: 1) be packaged with a connector that will attach to a breathing circuit or manual resuscitator; 2) have a distal inflatable cuff to seal against the tracheal wall; 3) be radiopaque; and 4) have a built-in pilot balloon. It is available in various diameters and lengths for adult and paediatric patients. This is a single-use device.