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January 15, 2012
Teleflex Introduces Arrow NextStep Antegrade Dialysis Catheter
January 16, 2012—Teleflex Incorporated (Limerick, PA) announced the launch of its Arrow NextStep antegrade catheter in the United States.
According to Teleflex, the device is a chronic hemodialysis catheter that combines a step-tip catheter's ease of insertion with a split-tip catheter's sustained high flow. Its tip is designed for smooth, over-the-wire transitions during catheter insertions and exchanges.
The Arrow NextStep antegrade catheter's tip provides complementary features to reduce recirculation and deliver high flow. First, the openings are reversed to take better advantage of blood flow dynamics within the heart. Second, the distal tips of both lumens are significantly separated to help enhance flow and minimize recirculation.
The NextStep antegrade catheter is one of several options in the Arrow dialysis catheter portfolio, which offers split-tip and step-tip catheters for both retrograde and antegrade insertion techniques, the company stated
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