With over 100,000 procedures behind it, the Arrow Peritoneal Lavage Kit allows you to diagnose intraperitoneal injury safely and simply by utilizing a percutaneous technique.

The Arrow Peritoneal Lavage closed technique is based on the simple concept that the presence of intraperitoneal blood indicates intraperitoneal injury.

In this procedure, a catheter is placed and a volume of approximately one liter of normal saline of Ringer’s lactate is instilled into the peritoneal cavity and then recovered. When this solution is analyzed, blood content will indicate intraperitoneal injury.

With the Arrow Peritoneal Lavage Kit, this procedure can be quickly performed as an accurate diagnostic tool in the assessment of seriously injured patient with blunt abdominal trauma. This closed technique is tolerated well by the patient and is also extremely helpful in triage situations. The kit includes everything needed to easily and rapidly diagnose intraperitoneal bleeding with increased safety, reliability and convenience. And, it utilized a “J” tipped spring-wire guide for final catheter placement making the older complication — prone trocar technique unnecessary.