PinPorts™

PinPorts™ provide fast, aseptic access to externalized catheters, tubing or cannulae for dosing or sampling by using a septum to maintain a closed system.

Using our injector, you can access the same port hundreds of times. We do not recommend, however, reusing the port in different animals.

PinPorts will work with any model, however it’s important that the PinPort cannot be reached. This can be nearly impossible with mice. If your needs demand repeated access, consider the Vascular Access Button.

Absolutely! Using a closed system like a PinPort™ can have a dramatic improved effect on patency. Why, you ask? Have you ever wondered what is happening beneath the skin when you’re accessing catheters with blunt needles and plugs? We did, so we ran a test: with plugs, blood will fill the tip of your catheter every time which can lead to blockages, but with PinPorts™ you can use a simple positive pressure technique to keep it out.

See for yourself

Yes! If you’re used to using steel plugs the PinPort is no different, except for how you access. Where before you had to clamp, remove plug, connect syringe, replace plug, reclamp, etc., now you just access the PinPort directly with your syringe and PNP3M injector.

Check out this “Video: A Side by Side Look at Plugs vs PinPort™” in our “Analysis of a PinPort” blog.

PinPorts are available in white and red to help distinguish between vessels.

Standard PinPorts are not suitable for MRI usage, however we do make MRI-compatible PinPorts that are made with Nitinol tubing instead of stainless steel.