The Rocket Seldinger Chest Drainage Kit combines the benefits of small bore catheterisation with the ease and reliability of the Seldinger approach whether under direct vision, x-ray screening or ultrasound guidance. Small bore catheters have been shown to be as effective as larger drains without the disadvantage of patient discomfort.

For percutaneous insertion of a chest tube for pleural drainage of fluid and air and is particularly suitable for:

• Pneumothorax, spontaneous or iatrogenic.
• Effusions, benign or malignant, except those with high protein content.
• Low viscosity empyema.

Kit includes:

• Scalpel Tuohy type insertion needle.
• Guidewire 10cm dilators with safety stops 30cm catheter.
• Radiopaque stripe and tip.
• Syringe.
• Wide bore stopcock.
• Fir-tree and wide-bore luer connectors.

In response to concerns and advice from British Thoracic Society members, Rocket Seldinger Chest Drainage Set now contains shorter (10cm) dilators with secondary safety stops. These help to minimise the risks of over-insertion associated with the traditional 20cm dilator.