Device Category Dossier

Needle, catheter

Device Category Dossier for Needle, catheter. Australian ARTG records, sponsors, device class — compiled by arcimedes.

Catheter needles are slender, sharply pointed and hollow surgical instruments used to penetrate the body and introduce a catheter. These devices are used clinically for transseptal puncture procedures to access the left heart, percutaneous fluid aspirations and drainage procedures, and drainage of body fluids including urine, blood, pleural fluid and ascites.