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Quantifying Inferior Vena Cava Compliance and Distensibility in an In Vivo Ovine Model Using 3D Angiography
Published on: April 26, 2024
[Viewing veins with AccuVein AV300]
García-Velasco Santiago Sánchez-Morago1, Ma Dolores Sánchez Coello, Almudena Villafranca Casanoves
1Servicio de medicina Intensiva, Hospital General de Ciudad Real. santgarc@gmail.com
Abstract:
In spite of the major advances which have occurred in medicine and biotechnology over these last years, regarding intravenous therapy the greatest advances have occurred, on the one hand, in bio-compatible and throw away catheters and, on the other hand, in security devices which avoid accidental punctures. Advances to locate veins have been very limited, having been developed on occasion by devices which are not easily transported and which require fungible material when they make contact with a patient's skin. The AccuVein AV300 device is a portable manual use instrument which enables nurses to locate certain peripheral veins. This device does not substitute a nurse's traditional skill in locating veins by visual or feeling means, but rather this device supplements their skills and enhances them. This device is lightweight, intuitive, and does not require previous training for its use and hygiene since it never enters into contact with a patient's skin as it emits an infrared light on the skin which reflects veins drawing them on the surface of the skin.
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