Peripheral Nerve Block Needles

Pajunk offers a wide range of single shot nerve blocks needles, from our best-selling echogenic SonoPlex^® needles through special echogenic SonoTAP^® needles for fascial plane blocks to our stimulation-only UniPlex^® NanoLine^® needles.

Needle shaft and tip identification are major prerequisites to avoid nerve or blood vessel damage when performing ultrasound guided Regional Anesthesia procedures.¹ Many needles do not provide the necessary reflective qualities to allow a good and safe decision basis on needle positioning, especially at higher angles.^2,3,6 The patented Cornerstone Reflectors, that are the major feature of all Pajunk echogenic needles, solve this problem and provide optimized ultrasound visibility.^4,5,6

Studies:

¹ Edgcombe H., Hocking G. Sonographic identification of needle tip by specialists and novices: a blinded comparison of 5 regional block needles in fresh human cadavers, Reg. Anesth. Pain Med. 2010 March–April; 35(2): 207–211
² Fuzier R., Casalprim J., Bataille B., Harper I., Magues J. P.,The echogenicity of nerve blockade needles, Anaesthesia 2015; 70: 462-466
³ Hebard S., Hocking G. Echogenic technology can improve needle visibility during ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia, Reg. Anesth. Pain Med. 2011March–April; 36(2): 185–189
⁴ Sviggum H. P., Ahn K., Dilger J. A., Smith H. M. Needle echogenicity in sonographically guided regional anesthesia: blinded comparison of 4 enhanced needles and validation of visual criteria for evaluation, J. Ultrasound Med. 2013 Jan; 32(1): 143–148
⁵ Uppal V., Sondekoppam R. V., Ganapathy S. Effect of beam steering on the visibility of echogenic and non-echogenic needles: a laboratory study, Can. J. Anesth. 2014 Oct; 61(10): 909–915
⁶ Wiesmann T., Bornträger A., Zoremba M., Neff M., Wulf H., Steinfeldt T. Compound imaging technology and echogenic needle design: effects on needle visibility and tissue imaging, Reg. Anesth. Pain Med. 2013 Sep–Oct; 38(5): 452–455