What is a Kumar catheter?
Device Description: The Kumar Catheter®, used in conjunction with Kumar Cholangiography® Clamp, is meant to provide a means of laparoscopic cholangiography. It comprises a translucent tubing ( 76 cm. length and 16 ga. ) that carries a 19 ga., 1.25 cm long needle at the end.
What is a Kumar clamp?
Device Description: The Kumar Clamp® is a reusable 5mm stainless steel laparoscopic grasper of 37 cm length with long ( 3.8 cm) atraumatic jaws and a channel for introduction of the single use Kumar Catheter®. The system is meant to provide a method of laparoscopic cholangiography.
How is the Kumar catheter® introduced into the channel?
The channel valve at the upper end of the Clamp is opened and the Kumar Catheter® is introduced in to the Clamp channel. This Catheter is different because it has a 1.25 cm long, 19 gauge needle at the end.
What is Kumar catheter® gallbladder surgery?
The Kumar Catheter® is then introduced and the gallbladder is punctured and aspirated at a point as low as possible on the body of the gallbladder. This relieves the pressure that was pushing the stone in to the neck of the gallbladder.
What is Kumar cholangiography used for?
The Kumar Cholangiography® Method The Kumar Clamp® (KC-002) is applied through the right mid-subcostal port (the Kumar Clamp, KC-2XL, is applied through the Single Port) and is used as a regular grasper for traction at the infundibulum during cystic duct dissection. The channel valve at the upper end is closed to maintain pneumo-peritoneum.
What is a Kumar clamp used for in gallbladder?
At times it is necessary to move the Clamp and the Catheter Needle to a lower level on the gallbladder. The Kumar Clamp® (KC-002) is applied through the right mid-subcostal port (the Kumar Clamp, KC-2XL, is applied through the Single Port) and is used as a regular grasper for traction at the infundibulum during cystic duct dissection.