Millar -Mikro-Cath Pressure Catheter
The Mikro-Cath Pressure Catheter is a solid-state device engineered to deliver precise and repeatable pressure measurements in various medical contexts, including cardiovascular, respiratory, and intra-compartmental applications. Marked by its high-fidelity technology, the catheter eliminates common issues like motion artifacts, body position errors, and air bubbles, offering a clear and consistent pressure signal. It is particularly useful in conditions requiring detailed hemodynamic monitoring in cardiovascular studies, airway pressure evaluation during respiratory conditions like obstructive sleep apnea, and pressure assessments within body compartments for diagnosing conditions such as compartment syndrome. The device integrates seamlessly with standard patient monitoring setups and provides real-time data for up to 24 hours without the need for recalibration or adjustments for patient positioning. Intended for medical research and diagnostics, it serves as a single-use catheter for short-term applications (<24 hours), enhancing clinical decision-making with reliable data.
The Mikro-Cath pressure catheter, now including a marker band, delivers repeatable, exact data for reliable insight into cardiovascular, respiratory, and intra-compartmental pressure cases. The solid-state catheter is unaffected by motion artifacts or body position, enabling data you can count on when making critical clinical decisions. The Mikro-Cath also provides expert evaluation for benchtop studies when evaluating efficacy of medical device performance.
High-Fidelity Pressure Benefits
The Mikro-Cath’s high-fidelity technology provides ease of calibration to get access to data faster, a clean, accurate signal to eliminate the guesswork during analysis, and real-time data directly from the source to assess hemodynamics, airway flow, or suspected compartment syndrome. As a gold standard method for measuring pressure, the Mikro-Cath is highly suitable for high and low pressure environments within the body. With limited noise in the signal, there is a clear understanding of the patient’s condition.
Expert Insight into Clinical Cases
The Mikro-Cath can be easily integrated into standard patient monitoring systems via interface cables and a Millar pressure control unit, offering an immediate upgrade to the fluid-filled monitoring alternatives. There is no need to calibrate to patient height or insertion angle and the patient position does not affect the pressure signal. Continuous data can be recorded for up to 24 hours. Review the Mikro-Cath calibration video at the bottom of this page.
- Product Reference : 825-0101
- Working Length : 120 cm
- Tip F Size : 3.5F (1.2 mm or 0.47")
- Body F Size : 2.3F (0.8 mm or .031")
- Guide Catheter Compatibility : 5F
- Tip Configuration : Straight
- Pressure Sensor(s) : 1
- Use : <24 hours
- Shaft Material : Nylon
- Sensor Sensitivity : 5 µV/V/mmHg, nominal (37.6 µV/V/kPa) | 3.68 µV/V/cmH2O, nominal
- Accuracy (nonlinearity, hysteresis, sensitivity and repeatability combined) : ± 1 mmHg (0.13 kPa) ±1% of reading from -50 to 50 mmHg (-6.7 to 6.7 kPa) ±3% of reading from 50 to 300 mmHg (6.7 to 40 kPa) | +/- 1.4 cmH20 +/- 1% of reading from -68 cmH20 to +68 cmH20