PleurX™ - Catheter System
Pleural Catheter System
The PleurX™ catheter system provides effective at-home palliation of symptoms associated with recurrent pleural effusions and malignant ascites. This clinically proven treatment option allows patients to manage their symptoms through intermittent drainages in the comfort of their homes with minimal physician intervention.
Description
Taking Control
Patients suffering from recurrent pleural effusions and malignant ascites have faced extended hospitalisation, discomfort and time away from home with unscheduled visits to a physician's office or ER to relieve the pain and discomfort of fluid build-up. Patients now have an option that can allow them to take control of their symptoms in the comfort of their home.
The PleurX catheter system consists of a tunneled catheter, usually placed as an outpatient procedure, and vacuum drainage bottles that allow patients or their caregivers to drain their own recurrent pleural effusions or malignant ascites in the comfort of their own homes.
This helps eliminate the need for hospital visits for repeat paracentesis or thoracentesis. With the PleurX catheter system, you can help your patients spend more time at home and less time fitting into your procedural schedule.
Proven Outcomes
The PleurX System has been used in clinical settings for more than 15 years and has been the subject of more than 30 published clinical journal articles. For the treatment of recurrent pleural effusions, up to 70% of certain patient subgroups (~58% overall) experienced spontaneous pleurodesis.1 The PleurX catheter is also associated with low infection rates (less than 3%),1,2,3 country-specific coverage through insurance may apply.*