Constantly Advancing Design to Improve Care
Spectra’s extensive engineering and manufacturing capabilities allow us to partner with physicians around the world on a regular basis to design, test and produce innovative and custom needle designs to the highest quality specifications.
Spectra Guide®
As a world leader in echogenic needle design and quality, Spectra has clearly advanced the field of ultrasound-guided procedures with a proprietary dimple design that delivers sharper imaging all the way to the tip of the needle. What Makes Spectra Guide® Better?
- More and smaller dimple reflectors for a clearer, defined image
- Reduced presence of acoustic shadowing and haloing
- Dimpled right up to the apex so physicians can precisely see the tip of the needle
- Uniform dimples around the needle provide clarity from any angle
- Spectra’s production process allows echogenicity on a wide variety of needle styles
Spectra’s Cath Slide® technology is a proprietary blasting process that rounds all internal sharp edges in order to eliminate the chances of damaging the catheter during introduction into the patient’s epidural space.
Cath Slide®
Spectra’s Cath Slide® technology is a proprietary blasting process that rounds all internal sharp edges in order to eliminate the chances of damaging the catheter during introduction into the patient’s epidural space.
Epi-Match®
It’s vital that an epidural needle advances and passes through a catheter without disruptions.
Any catch or resistance can lead to a potentially dangerous situation. This is why Spectra offers our premium Epi-Match® option and performs Cath Slide® on all epidural needles. The cannula and stylet are ground together to match perfectly.
This eliminates the common protrusion scissoring at the tip or recessions at the heel – two of the causes of resistance and placement errors when introducing the catheter.
Protrusions and recessions can negatively affect the performance of needles.
