Patent ID: 6579265
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
Insertion guide for inserting an arterial needle, which takes blood out from the body, and a venous needle, which returns purified blood into the body, into at least one fistula formed in a vein running beneath the skin of the arm, the insertion guide comprising:a holder having an arterial guide hole, which guides the arterial needle downwards at an incline from a shoulder side of the arm to a wrist side of the arm relative to the fistula, and a venous guide hole, which guides the venous needle downwards at an incline from the wrist side to the shoulder side relative to the fistula; and a drug-supply flow-path for supplying one of a sterilizing solution, a pain relieving agent, and a haemostatic agent to the skin via one of the guide holes of the holder and a portion of the holder in a vicinity of the guide holes.