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Single-Use Tunneler

Tunneler · VNS Tunneler · Tunneler Model 402 · Lead tunneler · Subcutaneous tunneler

A straight stainless steel shaft with a ring handle, a bullet tip that screws onto the end, and clear plastic sleeves that slide over the shaft. It comes sterile in one package.

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What it does, the lengths it comes in and what experienced techs know about it.

  • What it’s for

    Makes a tunnel under the skin so a lead can pass between two incisions. In vagus nerveVAY-gus nervThe 10th cranial nerve, which runs from the brain stem to the chest and belly and slows the heart and helps digestion.Full entry stimulator surgery it is pushed from the neck incision to the chest pocket; the shaft and tip are pulled out, leaving the sleeve, and the lead's connector pin is drawn through the sleeve to the chest.

  • Lengths and variants

    The LivaNova Model 402 package holds the shaft, a small and a large sleeve and the bullet tip. It works with all VNS Therapy leads.

  • What experienced techs know

    What techs who reach for it every day know about it.Pro

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  • After the case

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4 sources
  1. livanova.com
  2. LivaNova. VNS Therapy Surgical Procedure, New Implant (IM-7600387-EPI), Step 4: Tunnel the lead, p. 22
  3. How I do it: surgical techniques for vagus nerve stimulation in pediatric drug-resistant epilepsy, pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
  4. accessgudid.nlm.nih.gov

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