READING, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 2005-- Catheterization made simpler with innovative use of color-coded guidewire bands and catheter packaging. Arrow International, Inc., the leading global provider of central venous catheter (CVC) products, today introduced the Arrow Simplicity(TM) Micro-Puncture Introducer Set, a new dialysis access product to be used in combination with Arrow’s chronic hemodialysis catheters. Micropuncture is a common technique used to gain safe and easy access to the patient’s vasculature, as well as to determine the appropriate length catheter for the patient prior to catheterization. The Arrow Simplicity was designed to simplify this technique by adding more functionality into the guidewire. The innovative Arrow Simplicity utilizes a unique color-coded guidewire that facilitates optimal catheter tip and exit site position, and defines necessary catheter length prior to catheter insertion.
