UNIVERSAL DEVICE FOR CONTINUOUS SPINAL ANESTHESIA

摘要

Universal device for continuous spinal anesthesia (100) comprising: an introducer needle (101) for subarachnoid anesthesia; a spinal needle (103) coaxial with the introducer needle (101) and equipped with a mandrel (104); a spinal catheter (105); and a bridge cannula (102) overlapping a terminal portion of said spinal needle (103) and having a length shorter than the length of the spinal needle (103), said bridge cannula (102) being able to facilitate the insertion of the spinal catheter (105) and to be inserted, together with the spinal needle (103) equipped with the mandrel (104) and by means of the introducer needle (101), into the ligaments of the spinal column of a patient until it reaches the subarachnoid space.