Weiss Epidural Needle

Weiss Epidural Needle

Anesthesia, Spinal

Equipment and Supplies

Jess Bernard Weiss, MD (1917-2007), Anesthesiologist-in-Chief at BWH predecessor institution, Boston Lying-in Hospital/Boston Hospital for Women, from 1961 to 1981, improved the epidural needle, circa 1961, by adding wings which allowed the anesthetist to use both hands to carefully place the needle, and blunted the tip to decrease the chance of accidentally puncturing the dura. The Weiss needle is still in use today.

Jess Bernard Weiss, MD (1917-2007)

Contemporary example

physical object

Sample provided by the Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine.