!!! New Study Publication!!!
"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)

PleuraFlow ACT in Your Hospital

PleuraFlow ACT

PleuraFlow® Active Clearance Technology® (ACT) is a unique system that proactively removes clots formed inside the chest tube to prevent or minimize chest tube occlusion. A patent chest tube enables evacuation of blood and fluid from the operative site after closure of the surgical wound and reduces retained blood.

Magnet Strength Button
Additional power on demand
Sophisticated New Magnetic Array
Designed to overcome the most stubborn occlusions
Guide Tube
Connects to any drainage canister
Clearance Wire & Loop
Maintains chest tube patency

The Proof

Clinical Study Summary

Testimonial

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

Results

The Proven Way of Maintaining Chest Tube Patency

Each photo below shows clogged conventional tubes and clear PleuraFlow ACT tubes removed from the same patients 24-48 hours post cardiothoracic surgery.

Products

Choose the Right Configuration for Your Case

The PleuraFlow Act System is only available for sale in the United States. View the PleuraFlow ACT Legacy System.
Flexibility

PleuraFlow ACT is Easy to Use

Connects to Any Drainage Canister

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