"Active Chest Tube Clearance Added to an Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery (ERAS) Program Improves Outcomes and Reduces Resource Utilization"

Adding PleuraFlow’s Active Chest Tube Clearance (ATC) to an ERAS cardiac surgery program reduced Retained Blood Syndrome by 41%, postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) by 17%, and ICU time by 30% in 684 patients compared to 650 controls, improving outcomes and resource utilization. (Gerdisch, et al, 2025)
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PleuraFlow ACT in Your Hospital

Reduce Retained Blood Syndrome complications by bringing PleuraFlow Active Clearance Technology into your ICU and help patients get home faster.

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ClearFix Rigid Sternal Fixation

Stabilization and fixation of the fractures of the anterior chest wall including sternal fixation following sternotomy and sternal reconstructive surgical procedures to promote fusion.

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Trusted in Top Cardiac Institutions

“I am convinced that blood orphaned in the thoracic space after cardiac surgery can cause not only the acute problems we all see, but also more pernicious and chronic inflammatory consequences that affect many organs detrimentally. It is vital that chest drain patency is maintained in the first 24 hours after surgery and there is no better way to do that than PleuraFlow.”

Jill Ley, RN, MS, CNS
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Cardiac Surgery
California Pacific Medical Center
Clinical Professor, UCSF