Intracardiac Sucker
Cardiac Suction Tip · Intracardiac Suction Tube · Cardiotomy Sucker · Pump Sucker
A reusable stainless-steel suction tube with a hollow handle and a long, bent shaft. The end is a detachable guarded tip with a center hole and side openings. Single-use versions also exist.
- Class
- Suctioning
- Length
- 11¼ in286 mm
- On setups
- 12
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What it does, the lengths it comes in and what experienced techs know about it.
What it’s for
Suctions blood from the open heart chambers and the pericardiumpair-ih-KAR-dee-umThe thin, two-layered sac that surrounds the heart.peri- aroundcardi/o heart-um a structureFull entry well during heart surgery on bypass. It runs to the bypass pump, so the blood goes back to the cardiotomy reservoirREZ-er-vwarA place where germs live and multiply, such as a person, animal, water or soil.Full entry instead of to wall suction.
Lengths and variants
Jarit Cooley intracardiac suction tube: 11 1/4 in (28.6 cm) with a detachable 9 mm wide tip. Other patterns differ in length, bend and tip size.
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8 sources
- Rothrock JC. Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery. 17th ed. Chapter 25 (Cardiac Surgery), p. 948
- Integra Jarit. CardioVascular Instruments Catalog. p. 162
- Nemitz R. Surgical Instrumentation: An Interactive Approach. 3rd ed. Chapter 14 (Cardiovascular thoracic instruments), p. 582
- Nemitz R. Surgical Instrumentation: An Interactive Approach. 3rd ed. Chapter 1 (Introduction to surgical instruments), p. 14
- American Society of ExtraCorporeal Technology (AmSECT). Standards and Guidelines for Perfusion Practice. 2023. p. 18
- IAHCSMM. Central Service Technical Manual. 8th ed. Chapter 8 (Cleaning and Decontamination), p. 153
- IAHCSMM. Central Service Technical Manual. 8th ed. Chapter 8 (Cleaning and Decontamination), p. 154
- IAHCSMM. Central Service Technical Manual. 8th ed. Chapter 10 (Surgical Instrumentation), p. 191
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