ENT catheters deliver air or medication into the middle ear through the nasal passage, equalising pressure across the tympanic membrane. Peak Surgicals supplies two patterns Silver Luer 140mm ($17.60) and the Rotunda Hospital Pattern Catheter ($16.50) both forged in German stainless steel. Each is CE marked and built under ISO 13485. See both ENT catheters in the grid below.
Which ENT Catheter for Eustachian Tube Insufflation?
Silver Luer 140mm ($17.60) connects to a Luer-fitting insufflation source for air or fluid delivery, while the Rotunda Hospital Pattern Catheter ($16.50) carries a rounded distal tip for atraumatic passage along the nasal floor to the Eustachian orifice. The two differ at the ends that matter the proximal fitting and the distal tip and those two features decide which one a clinician reaches for.
The Luer fitting on the 140mm pattern is the point of the instrument: it couples directly to a syringe or insufflation bulb, so air or medication passes through the shaft into the tube without a separate adapter. The Rotunda pattern prioritises the distal end instead — its rounded tip follows the nasal floor to the tubal opening without catching mucosa, which is where a sharp-tipped catheter causes bleeding. Both ENT catheters serve the insufflation and irrigation role that remains in ENT trays; historically this procedure used the classic Eustachian catheter, an instrument now largely replaced by politzerization and, in modern tubal dilation, by balloon catheters. We supply both patterns at MOQ 1.
Material, Reprocessing and Certification
These stainless steel ENT catheters are forged from German stainless steel, corrosion-resistant across repeated steam autoclave cycles, which a reusable nasal instrument sees constantly. The narrow lumen is the reprocessing constraint that matters: it must be flushed and dried after each use, because retained moisture in a thin catheter shaft is where residue and biofilm collect. Ultrasonic cleaning before autoclaving clears the lumen where hand-brushing cannot reach.
Every instrument is Class I, reusable, CE marked and built under ISO 13485, the documentation a hospital supply team verifies before qualifying a vendor. Warranty is one year with return-and-replacement, MOQ is 1 piece, and orders over $99 ship free in carton box packing. OEM marking is available for distributors. For the full ENT range, see ENT instruments; related nasal and aural tools sit in ENT suction tubes and aural forceps. Talk to us about OEM and volume terms.
