Arrow Sheath Introducers

Arrow, Inc. produces a medical device known as a percutaneous sheath introducer, or PSI. A PSI helps facilitate the insertion of catheters into the body of patients using a two-piece apparatus. One piece is the long, straight, sheath introducer shaped similar to a stew; the other portion is a valve attached to a long plastic tube. Upon insertion into the patient, usually into the juglar vein, the valve portion of the introducer remains on the outside of the body to assist in the introduction of fluids into the body.

Reports from hospitals using the introducers have shown that removing the the valve portion can cause the incidence of a central venous embolism, which means that air was allowed into blood stream, causing injury and possibly death. Arrow sheath introducers have since been recalled by the FDA pending further investigation.

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