INT Medical Y-Connector Pack

Percutaneous coronary intervention is the main setting. A guide catheter is placed at the coronary ostium, and the Y-connector goes on its hub. From that point, every device entering the patient passes through the valve. Balloons, stents, guidewires, and support catheters are advanced, exchanged, and withdrawn during a case. The valve holds a seal around each of them.

Two risks are managed by that seal. Blood loss through an open catheter hub is continuous while it is open, and arterial pressure drives it. Air entering the system is the more serious hazard, because air introduced into a coronary artery can cause ischaemia. A valve that seals reliably across the range of device diameters is therefore a safety component rather than a convenience. The 80 kPa rating gives margin over the pressures encountered.

The side arm carries contrast for angiography and a line for pressure monitoring, which is how the operator confirms catheter position and assesses the result. Extended kits add a 15 cm tube with a stopcock so this can be managed away from the valve body. One-hand valve operation matters in practice, since the operator's other hand is usually holding wire position. The insertion tool prevents a guidewire tip catching as it enters the valve, and the torque device grips the wire outside the body for steering. Peripheral interventional radiology uses the same kit for arterial and venous work. Vessel size and device calibre differ there, but the sealing requirement at the catheter hub is identical.

These are single-use devices and must not be reprocessed. Medigear.uk supplies the instructions for use with every order.

Four Valve Mechanisms From One Supplier

Screw, push-click, push-pull, and push-rotate are all available, so a unit can match operator preference without splitting the account across suppliers.

One-Hand Operation Across All Types

The valve can be opened and closed while the other hand maintains guidewire position, which is how the device is actually used during an exchange.

9Fr Lumen Avoids Device Restriction

A 3.0 mm through lumen means the valve is unlikely to become the limiting factor on device choice partway through a procedure.

Seal Rated Well Above Arterial Pressure

The 80 kPa figure sits far above the roughly 16 kPa of arterial systolic pressure, leaving margin for pressurised flush and injection.

Torque Device Included in Every Reference

Wire steering is covered by the kit rather than requiring a separate line item, which simplifies both picking and stock control.

Insertion Tool Protects the Guidewire Tip

Channelling the wire through the pre-opened valve prevents the tip catching or kinking as forward pressure is applied.

Extended and Basic Kits in Each Valve Type

Every mechanism is offered with and without the extension tube and stopcock, so a unit can standardise on one valve feel across both configurations.

Consolidated Supply Through Medigear.uk

Medigear.uk quotes all eight references of the INT Medical Y-Connector Pack on one account alongside the rest of the INT interventional range.

9Fr, 3.0 mm Through Lumen

The valve passage accepts a broad range of interventional devices.

No Leakage Under 80 kPa

The seal is specified to hold without leaking up to that pressure.

Screw Valve References

YCK111 and YCK111A seal by rotating the valve cap.

Push-Click Valve References

YCK119B and YCK119A open and lock with a single press.

Push-Pull Valve References

YCK118B and YCK118A open on pulling the cap and close on pushing it.

Push-Rotate Valve References

YCK100C and YCK100F combine a press with a turn to operate.

Insertion Tool in Every Kit

A guidewire introduction sleeve channels the wire through the valve without kinking.

Torque Device in Every Kit

The wire is gripped outside the body so its tip can be steered.

Extension Tube With Stopcock on Four References

YCK111A, YCK119A, YCK118A and YCK100F add a line with a stopcock, recorded at 15 cm on YCK119A.

Supplied Sterile, No Preparation Required

The kit is packaged sterile and needs no sterilisation before use.

Single-Use Classification

Recorded under GMDN term 65480 and flagged single-use, so it is not intended for reprocessing.

Lot, Expiry and Manufacturing Date Marking

Production identifiers cover batch number, expiry date, and date of manufacture for traceability.

The INT Medical Y-Connector Pack covers a catheter laboratory's haemostatic valve requirement across eight references, spanning four one-hand valve mechanisms in basic and extended kit forms. A 9Fr lumen, an 80 kPa seal, and an insertion tool and torque device in every kit make it a complete line item rather than a component needing supporting purchases. Medigear.uk supplies all eight references to UK cardiac catheter laboratories and interventional radiology suites, quoting boxes of 50 or cartons of 200. Before supply, Medigear.uk will confirm the sterilisation method, shelf life, latex status, packing dimensions in LBH mm, whether the 15 cm extension length applies across all extended kits, and UK conformity status.