Winged infusion set
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A winged infusion set—also known as "butterfly" or "scalp vein" set—is a device specialized for venipuncture: i.e. for accessing a superficial vein or artery for either intravenous injection or phlebo
A winged infusion set on the return arm during a plateletpheresis donation.
Hypodermic needle
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A hypodermic needle is a very thin, hollow tube with one sharp tip. As one of the most important intravenous inventions in the field of drug administration, it is one of a category of medical tools wh
Winged infusion set
…for venipuncture: i.e. for accessing a superficial vein or artery for either intravenous injection or phlebotomy. It consists, from front to rear, of a hypodermic needle, two bilateral flexible "wings", flexible small-bore transparent tubing (often 20–35 cm long), and lastly a connector (often female Luer). This connector…
Syringe made entirely of glass, similar to the Wood design, except it is etched with volume marks.
Six hypodermic needles on Luer connectors. These needles are normally used with other medical devices, such as a syringe; from top to bottom: 26G × 1⁄2″ (0.45 × 12 mm) (brown) 25G × 5⁄8″ (0.5 × 16 mm) (orange) 22G × 1+1⁄4″ (0.7 × 30 mm) (black) 21G × 1+1⁄2″ (0.8 × 40 mm) (green) 20G × 1+1⁄2″ (0.9 × 40 mm) (yellow) 19G × 1+1⁄2″ (1.1 × 40 mm) (cream) See also Birmingham gauge.