Central venous catheterisation allows for an adequate therapy of critically ill patients during complex therapeutic interventions, especially in anaesthesia, intensive care and emergency medicine.

The tip of the central catheter should always be placed in the vena cava superior. By way of an unchangeable central venous inlet, a simple and painless approach is realized to do the therapies involving IV-class medicines, the fully parenteral venous nutrition, the injection of highly penetrative or irritating solutions, the blood transfusion, the taking of blood samples, the monitoring of central venous pressure, etc