Surgical Tubing

[JahJahwarrior]

Just bought a necklace made of surgical tubing for holding my safety second aroun dmy neck.....sitting here I was stretching it out and thinking how powerful it was.


Then I realized something.....what the heck do they need tubing like this for during surgeries?!? I mean, the ID is smaller than the walls! This thing could probably handle alot of pressure! And, it's really stretchy! What in the world would a doctor use this for?


Or, if it's not actually used for surgical procedures, where did it/does it get it's name? And is this stuff used on spearguns?

Thanks!

 

[ZzzKing]

I just asked my wife the PA and got a blank look followed by "I don't know". Maybe a surgeon will wander by and answer your question. The only medical related use I have ever seen was when they tie it around your arm to take blood.

 

[Cacia]

suction tubing?

and laid in a wound, it forms a drain they sometimes leave in a "dirty" wound

...I think.


oh...a surgeon just said that they use only silicone now....and mainly for joining stop-cocks to christmas tree adapters.---for a better seal so you don't have metal to metal on junctions.

 

[scubak]

For What its worth...
I don't know many people that are using surgical tubing for the necklace for the 2nd reg/backup/octo...most are using a small bungee or stretch cord...now anyways, easily accesable from an REI or outdoor shop.
Just my .02 PSI
K

 

[texdiveguy]

For What its worth...
I don't know many people that are using surgical tubing for the necklace for the 2nd reg/backup/octo...most are using a small bungee or stretch cord...now anyways, easily accesable from an REI or outdoor shop.
Just my .02 PSI
K

I prefer surgical tubing over bungee.....but what do I know--

 

[JahJahwarrior]

Some use tubing, some use shock cord. Some make a necklace, som eactually attached the cord somewaht permanently to it, using the ziptie on the mouthpiece. Doesn't really matter much at all.


Pretty cool stuffnonetheless.....

 

[sambolino44]

I made a necklace out of some stretchy tubing. Not sure if it's the same stuff you're talking about. It's connected with two zip-ties, one on either side of the octo mouthpiece. It seems to work OK, but it did slip off once when I, well I don't remember what I did, but it wasn't a normal occurance.

Anyway, the tube fills up with water during the dive, and won't drain out when I'm rinsing and drying my gear. So I end up with this tube full of water attached to my clean and dry regs, and it drips out just enough to get my newly-dried gear wet again. Sounds like another argument for bungees instead of tubing.

 

[JahJahwarrior]

the zipties on mine are pulled very tight, I have never had a problem with water inside, and overall the amount of water able to be held in the tubing is minimal, 2 ounces at most, I'd say. Considering my wing can hold multiple gallons, I'm not worried about two ounces of water dripping onto my gear as it dries.

 

[divedadepths]

surgeons use it for turniquits (sp?)

 

[lmorin]

My father was a urologist. I believe he used the so-called "surgical tubing" for catheters in the 40's, 50's and early 60's, at least until specialized products for such specific purposes were made. However, there are many different sizes of "surgical tubing" (various id's combined with various od's). I think the term, "surgical tubing," refers to the orangy-yellow rubber stuff. A look at the Fisher Scientific products web site does not show a product called "surgical tubing," but "Fisherbrand* Natural Rubber Latex Tubing" is probably one variety of that. There are many other materials for scientific tubing, some of them have surgical uses. Silicone is one such.