| abstract |
The invention relates to a microcatheter set with a minimized dead space which has a medicine application and flushing device especially suitable for intensive paediatric-neonatologial medicine. It makes it possible not only to apply infusion therapy via a microcatheter inserted into a large body vein but also to administer drugs repeatedly without any danger via the medicine application and flushing device integrated within the set, even with highly pharmacologically effective additives to the general infusion solution, and/or to do away with partial and total catheter shut-offs. This thus excludes additional stress on and risk for the patient by the repeated application of peripheral infusions or the use of surgically inserted double-lumen central catheters for the intravenous administration of drugs. |