Device Dossier
Tunneller, vascular
Device Dossier for Tunneller, vascular (Vascular graft tunneller, Class IIb, sponsor Medtronic). ARTG record, intended purpose, GMDN category — compiled…
- GMDN category: Vascular graft tunneller
Intended purpose
A surgical instrument, usually made of stainless steel, used to tunnel along vascular tissue planes to create a connecting channel. Typical tunnellers may be flexible or rigid rods having a handle that tapers to a rod with a button or acorn on the distal tip. Tunnellers may also be ring handled instruments with extended, slightly curved blades with a pivot point near the distal end. Distal to the pivot, the blades form short grasping arms.