Project Description
babyLance™ safety heelsticks designed by neonatal nurses for neonatal nurses!
These heelsticks have earned worldwide popularity for their smooth and accurate incisions, ease of use, and safety.
babyLance Safety Heelsticks – Ease of Use
Featuring an easy-to-activate trigger, babyLance’s unique housing provides visual guides for accuracy and dimples for a secure grip.
“They are gentle on the babies feet, and provide excellent specimens. I love that once you stick the babies foot there is no loud click which in old products always startled the babies and made them jump and cry harder. These lancets make no sound and after the baby is stuck they act like there is minimal discomfort. They are easy to use and [less] the cost of previous products we have used for the last 16 years.
Very pleased, this a great product that meets all of our standards.”
babyLance Safety Heelstick Video
Ultra-Smooth Incisions Minimize Trauma
babyLance’s proprietary internal spring activates its blade’s swift pendulum action—delivering an ultra smooth incision that complies with CLSI NBS01-A6 guidelines to reduce trauma to an infant’s delicate subcutaneous tissues.
The gently arcing incision (white dotted line) is measured by the length (green horizontal line) and the maximum depth (blue vertical line).
Safety
Single-use safety heelsticks and auto-retraction design practically eliminates cross-contamination and accidental needle stick injuries—before or after use.
Infant Heelstick Incision Profile Comparison Guide
babyLance™ Safety Heelstick
The babyLance cut profile illustrates a gently arcing incision that lacks a blunt puncture mark or inconsistent, jagged cut.
BD Quikheel™1
The BD Quikheel cut profile illustrates an incision with an initial blunt puncture followed by a slicing action.
Cardinal Health gentleheel™2
The Cardinal Health gentleheel profile illustrates an incision with an angular initial puncture, followed by an increasingly deep arc.
ITC Tenderfoot®3
The ITC Tenderfoot cut profile illustrates an incision with a plunging, multi-angled puncture and a jagged, lopsided “W” pattern.
1 Trademark of Becton, Dickinson and Company 2 Trademark of Cardinal Health, Inc. 3 Trademark of International Technidyne Company
babyLance™ Safety Heelstick Instructions for Use
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Tip: Refer to size chart |
Tip: Safety tab can be removed by twisting – do not pull back |
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Tip: Place lancet flush on incision site. No downward force required. Do not rock device when activating trigger. |
Tip: It is not recommended to milk/squeeze the heel |
babyLance Safety Heelsticks IFU Video
babyLance Safety Heelsticks Ordering Information
CONTACT YOUR LOCAL DISTRIBUTOR TO ORDER
| babyLance™ | Colors | Product Code | Incision Depth | Suggested Indications† | |
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Micropreemie | Yellow/Green | BLM | 0.60 mm | Less than 1000 grams |
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Preemie | Pink/White | BLP | 0.85 mm |
1000–2500 grams Low birth weight |
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Newborn | Blue/Green | BLN | 1.00 mm |
2500 grams–9 kilograms Birth–six months |
† These are suggested indications; the medical staff’s clinical judgement should determine which babyLance™ model to use.
U.S. Patent 8,715,307