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Poole cannula

Suction cannula with multiple side ports protected by a shield. Commonly known as the "multi-hole" tip.

How it is used

Suctioning large volumes of fluid from cavities (ascites, peritoneal lavage) while avoiding tissue suction.

Sources

This entry is part of the Instriq catalog, researched and written per specialty from real web research -- never generated or invented without verification -- and reviewed skeptically and independently before publication. How this catalog is written.

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History

Added to the catalog on 2026-09-29.

Dates derived from the project's public version-control history on GitHub, not a live collaborative edit log.

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