A new instrument for inserting intercostal catheters.
A new instrument is described which allows blunt dissection through the muscles of the chest wall to the pleural cavity followed by subsequent passage of a suitable catheter through the open jaws of the instrument.
D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D007366:Intercostal Muscles; D013525:Surgical Instruments