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Chest Decompression Needle Manufacturer for Bulk 14G NCD Orders
The needle inside every case and packing option is the same: 14 gauge, 3.25 inches, catheter-over-needle, individually sterile-packed. What changes is the case around it — its shape, how it attaches to a kit, what color it is, and how many come in a box.
- 14 G · 3.25 in / 8.25 cm
- 10 case / attachment / packing options
- MOQ 1,000 pcs
- ISO 13485 cert 172692.240327
- Catheter-over-needle
Updated 11 August 2026
The factory, not a brand
Chest Decompression Needle Manufacturer, Not a Retail Brand
We are a factory that makes bulk 14G NCD devices with multiple case, attachment and packing options, not another retail brand selling one fixed SKU.
A retail brand ships the configuration it has decided to stock, and its page is written to justify that one choice. A manufacturer has no single case option to defend, so it can afford to start with a different question: what does the pocket measure, what must hang off it, and whether the order needs OEM or private-label packaging.
Case shape, attachment point, color, pack unit and OEM packaging are the things a spec sheet rarely settles, and they are the things that decide whether a needle fits the kit you are already building. A specification tells you the device is fit for the clinical job. It tells you nothing about whether four thousand of them will sit correctly in the pouch your kit line already uses.
If you are building to a kit drawing rather than a catalog page, the rest of this page is written for you. If you need a handful of units next week, it is not — buy a branded pack.
Send your pocket size or drawing and we will match the case and attachment options.
Check NCD ConfigurationThe comparison everybody runs
Why a Decompression Needle Spec Sheet Decides Nothing
Buyers compare decompression needles by specification: 14 gauge, 3.25 inches, catheter-over-needle. That specification is an industry standard, which is exactly why it decides nothing.
So the specification table below is where the comparison ends, not where it starts.
Two clarifications + one honesty
Two clarifications, and one honest limitation
Needle thoracostomy is the name of the procedure; a decompression needle is the device used to perform it. This page is about the device. And whether a casualty needs a needle or a chest tube is a clinical decision, not a purchasing one. We wrote that comparison up separately so this page can stay on what you are actually buying. If that is the question you arrived with, needle decompression versus a chest tube is the page to read first.
Now the part we would rather you heard from us than discovered later. All ten of our configurations use the same needle, so if you are looking for a catheter that outperforms another on wall thickness or kink resistance, we cannot show you comparative data. What we offer is configuration, not performance leadership. If your tender is scored on catheter performance against a named competitor, we are not the strongest bid on the table, and we will say so rather than let you find out at evaluation.
Get the current 14G x 3.25 in specification and document list before evaluation.
Ask for the Spec SheetNot on the spec sheet
The Four Things That Aren’t on the Spec Sheet
Four variables change across our range. None of them appear in a specification table anywhere in this category.
Case type
Hard shell or pen-style. The hard shell survives being sat on in a cargo pocket; the pen-style is slimmer and disappears into a chest rig. Neither is better. They fit different pockets.
Attachment
Keyhole loop for carabiners and MOLLE webbing, an integrated pocket clip, or neither. A kit assembler will specify a pocket clip, receive a keyhole case, and discover the clip was the whole reason the item was chosen.
Color
NATO green, olive, black, gray, transparent, wood brown, yellow, and two-tone red combinations. Color is how a medic finds the right item in a bag by feel and glance at night, and how a training unit gets told apart from a live one.
Pack unit
How many arrive in a box, and whether they arrive loose or pre-sleeved for a kit line. A kit line that opens one box per station wants a different pack unit from a warehouse that breaks bulk once a quarter.
Measure the pocket first
Of the case options we have measured three: 14 × 1.7 cm, 14 × 1.8 cm and 15 × 2.0 cm. If your kit pocket is tight, ask for the case dimension of the configuration you are considering before you order. A needle that will not sit in the pocket it was bought for costs more to send back than the unit price ever saved.
Three steps get you to the right configuration: measure the pocket, choose the attachment, then decide how you want it packed. That is the entire selection process. Run them in that order. Buyers who start from color reopen the whole decision, because a color available only on a keyhole case is not really a choice.
All ten, published
Ten 14G NCD Case, Attachment and Packing Options, Side by Side
Case type, attachment point, color, outer case dimensions and pack unit for every configuration we offer.
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| Model | Case type | Attachment | Color | Outer case (cm) | Pack unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RT-TPK-148-N | Hard shell | Keyhole loop | NATO green, red cap | 15 × 2.0 | Per order |
| RT-TPK-148-R | Hard shell | Pocket clip | Olive green, red cap | 14 × 1.8 | Per order |
| RT-TPK-148-BG | Hard shell | Pocket clip | Gray body, black cap | 14 × 1.7 | Per order |
| RT-TPK-148-T | Hard shell | Keyhole loop | Transparent | Ask | Per order |
| RT-TPK-148-W | Hard shell | Keyhole loop | Wood brown | Ask | Per order |
| RT-TPK-148-BR | Hard shell | Pocket clip | Black / red | Ask | Per order |
| RT-TPK-148-GR | Hard shell | Pocket clip | Gray / red | Ask | Per order |
| RT-TPK-148-Y | Hard shell | Keyhole loop | Yellow | Ask | Per order |
| RT-TPK-148-G | Hard shell | Keyhole loop | Green | Ask | Per order |
| RT-TPK-148-B | Pen-style | Pocket clip | Dark green | Ask | Per order |
The pack unit column says “Per order” throughout, and that is a real answer rather than an evasion. We do not hold a fixed retail pack because the buyers this page is written for do not want one.
How to read it
Read the table by column, not by row. The row you pick is an outcome, not a starting point.
The attachment column is the one that decides fastest. If your kit uses elastic loops and the needle sits in a sleeve, attachment is irrelevant and you can ignore the column entirely. If the needle hangs off webbing or clips to a pouch lip, the column narrows ten options to four or six before you have looked at anything else.
Seven case dimensions read “Ask” because we have not measured them yet. We could have interpolated them from the three we have and nobody would have caught it. We would rather leave the cell empty and have you ask — a case dimension supplied as an estimate is worth nothing to a kit designer working to a two-millimeter tolerance.
We also run a separate RT-TPK-ECO line built on IV catheters in 14, 16, 18, 20 and 22 gauge. It is a different product with a different construction, and it is not what this page is about — but if a tender has asked you for an 18 gauge chest decompression needle, that line is where the conversation goes.
Tell us the model code, packing unit or destination market you need quoted.
Confirm a ConfigurationBuilding a kit line and not sure which of the ten fits your pocket?
Send the pocket internal dimension and the annual quantity. We will come back with the configuration codes that fit, the case dimensions measured for those codes, and a price.
The constant
What’s Identical Across All Ten
Every one of the ten is the same needle: 14 gauge, 3.25 inches or 8.25 cm, a medical-grade stainless steel stylet inside a graduated catheter with a lateral vent port.
Chest decompression needle size is quoted two ways, and buyers who conflate them compare the wrong things. The gauge describes the bore — 14 gauge here — which determines whether trapped air can leave fast enough to matter. The length describes how far the catheter can travel — 3.25 inches, 8.25 cm, or 82 mm depending on whose datasheet you are reading. Both numbers have to be right. Only one of them is usually checked.
Length matters more than gauge when choosing a needle for chest decompression. A CT study measured 100 deployed personnel at the second intercostal space and found a mean chest wall thickness of 5.36 cm; an 8 cm catheter would have reached the pleural space in 99% of them — the source of the 3.25 inch figure. For anatomical placement rather than device selection, our needle decompression sites and landmarks guide covers the second versus fifth intercostal space question.
Tenders often ask for a chest decompression needle with valve. Every configuration includes the removable low-pressure check valve, so the answer does not change with the case you pick.
Four design choices, not performance claims
- Rotary-lock connection
- Depth markings along the catheter
- Removable low-pressure check valve
- Lateral vent port
We can tell you these features are there. We cannot show you comparative test data proving they outperform anything. The stylet is medical-grade stainless steel; we do not publish an alloy grade because none of our released documentation states one.
TCCC guidance names both 14 gauge and 10 gauge as acceptable. We make the 14g decompression needle and we do not make a 10 gauge. If your specification requires both, we can supply half of it.
The factory behind them
The Chest Decompression Needle Factory Behind Them
The needles are made in our own plant in Fengcheng, Jiangxi, in a 4,000 m² cleanroom with a 1,000 m² laboratory, under ISO 13485 certificate 172692.240327 — whose registered scope names needle decompression kit.
That last clause is doing real work. A quality certificate covers a declared scope, and plenty of suppliers hold a certificate whose scope does not actually include the product they are selling you. Ours names it. You can read that line on the certificate itself, and we will send the certificate rather than a logo.
We do not publish a monthly capacity figure, because the number that matters to you is whether your quantity and your date can be met, and that is answered per order. The company was registered in 2022, and the plant sits on a 70-mu site in the Fengcheng high-tech park. We are younger than the brands you are comparing us against. That is why we would rather hand you documents than adjectives.
The same plant makes our tourniquets, chest seals, kaolin hemostatic gauze and nasopharyngeal airways — worth knowing if you are sourcing more than one line item for the same kit.
Ask for ISO 13485 scope, product documents and export paperwork for your order.
Request Factory DocumentsCompliance and documents
Who Can Buy a Decompression Needle, and What Ships With It
We hold ISO 13485:2016 and EN ISO 13485:2016 under certificate 172692.240327, issued by UL Solutions under UKAS accreditation and valid to 26 March 2027. The registered scope names needle decompression kit in writing.
We hold CE documentation for this product and can provide the current CE certificate for qualified buyers. Our FDA entry remains a facility registration, not a clearance; we do not present registration as product clearance.
We do not hold a CoTCCC recommendation. That endorsement attaches to specific branded devices, and we are not going to imply otherwise. What we can put in front of a tender is the registered scope of our ISO 13485 certificate, which names needle decompression kit in writing.
We sell to distributors, kit assemblers and institutional buyers. Tell us the destination market and we will tell you which documents ship with the order before you place it. Some markets restrict who may purchase this class of device — a fifteen-minute question at inquiry stage and a six-week problem at customs.
Kits built for chest needle decompression are also the ones most likely to be assembled in one country and deployed in another. If the kit is being built for onward export rather than domestic use, tell us both destinations.
ISO 13485:2016 / EN ISO 13485:2016 · UL Solutions · UKAS · Cert 172692.240327 · File A29129
CE certificate available on request · No CoTCCC recommendation · FDA facility registration FEI 3023809973 — a registration, not a clearance.
Ordering
Minimum Order, Packing and What a Quote Includes
We do not publish a per-unit retail price, because what you pay depends on configuration and quantity. What we can publish is the threshold: minimum order is 1,000 units.
Our minimum order is 1,000 units. For comparison, the brands you are shortlisting sell in fixed packs — ten, fifty, or one at a time. That gap is the whole positioning of this page. If you need fifty needles, buy chest decompression needles from one of those listings and stop reading. If you are building a kit line and need four thousand in a color and case that match the rest of the pocket, a factory is the right one.
Shelf life is three years. Each unit carries a production date, and the sterile pack should be stored at ambient temperature and humidity until use.
Each unit is individually sterile-packed for single use and marked with its production date. Confirm the current lot-coding and traceability format before order release. If your tender requires a specific lot field, barcode, carton label or COA format, state it in the inquiry so the quotation and release documents match your quality system.
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Minimum order | 1,000 units |
| Packing | Individually sterile-packed; pack unit per order |
| Shelf life | 3 years from production date |
| Storage | Ambient temperature and humidity |
| Lead time | Confirmed per order, not published |
Paste this into the RFQ
Ask for a quotation that states four things
If any of the four is missing from a quotation you receive — from us or from anyone else — it is not yet a quotation you can put into a tender.
- The unit price at your quantity
- The pack unit
- The configuration code it applies to
- What documents accompany the shipment for your destination
Five lines are worth pasting straight into the RFQ itself:
- Configuration code — which of the ten, by model
- Outer case dimension — the measured number for that model
- Attachment type — keyhole loop, pocket clip, or neither
- Pack unit — how many per box, loose or pre-sleeved
- Documents shipped with the order — listed by name for your destination
Any supplier can answer those five. The useful signal is which of them a supplier answers with a number and which with an adjective.
Send quantity, destination and preferred configuration for a landed quote.
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Chest Decompression Needle: FAQs
Eight questions buyers ask most often. If yours is not here, it is faster to ask than to guess.
How much does a chest decompression needle cost?
Retail brands listed roughly 13 to 18 US dollars for a single unit in August 2026, and 230 to 690 dollars for a pack of ten or a case of fifty. We do not sell at those units and we do not publish a per-unit price, because at 1,000 units and above the price moves with configuration and volume. Send a quantity and a configuration and you will get a number rather than a range.
Which configuration fits my IFAK pocket?
Measure the pocket internal dimension and compare it against the case, not against the needle. Three of our ten are measured — 14 × 1.7 cm, 14 × 1.8 cm and 15 × 2.0 cm — and we will measure any of the other seven on request. If the pocket is under 1.7 cm across, the pen-style case is the one to look at.
Are these needles CoTCCC-recommended?
No. That endorsement attaches to specific branded devices and we do not hold it. Our device matches the 14 gauge, 3.25 inch configuration TCCC guidance describes, which is a different statement, and we would rather make the smaller true one.
Why does your spec say 8.25 cm when other pages say 8 cm?
Because 3.25 inches converts to 82 mm, which is 8.25 cm, not 8 cm. The rounded figure appears in the trade and on some of our own older pages. It matters when a tender specifies a minimum length in centimeters and a rounded number reads as short. This page uses the converted value.
Is needle chest decompression the same as a chest tube?
No, and the two are not substitutes. Needle chest decompression is the rapid field intervention; a chest tube is the definitive procedure that usually follows it in hospital. Kits carry the needle because it can be carried and used in minutes, not because it replaces anything.
Who can buy these, and what documents ship with an order?
Distributors, kit assemblers and institutional buyers. Which documents accompany a shipment depends on the destination market. Tell us the country at inquiry stage and we will list them before you commit to a purchase order.
What is the shelf life and how should they be stored?
Three years from the production date printed on each unit, stored at ambient temperature and humidity with the sterile pack intact. There is no refrigeration requirement and no special handling beyond keeping the pack sealed and dry.
Can I order a sample before committing to 1,000 units?
That is a question for the inquiry rather than a policy we publish here — but for a kit build you should ask. A sample answers the pocket-fit question in a way no dimension table can, and it is the only way to check the depth markings and the case latch by hand before a run is committed.
Related
ARS vs TPAK: how two decompression needles differ
This page deliberately leaves brand-by-brand tradeoffs and export documentation alone; that article covers them.
Needle decompression versus a chest tube
For the clinical decision this page deliberately pushed away — read it before sending an RFQ meant for a device.
Request a quote
Five things turn a two-week exchange into one reply
Whichever supplier you go with, put five things in your first message. Without them every supplier is guessing, ours included. Still deciding between configurations? Send the pocket dimension and the attachment type you need, and we will tell you which of the ten to look at.
Not sure the volume works? Say it anyway. We would rather tell you in the first reply that you are below our minimum than spend three weeks arriving at the same conclusion.
Put these in the first message
- Estimated quantity
- Product category
- Configuration code
- Pocket internal dimension
- Destination market
About this page
Written by the export and regulatory team at Rusun TacMed Co., Ltd, a manufacturer of tactical medical devices in Fengcheng, Jiangxi, China. Specifications come from our own production records and factory confirmations, August 2026. Where a figure is under review, it is not on this page.
Last updated 11 August 2026
References
- Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care, TCCC Guidelines for Medical Personnel, 25 January 2024
- Harcke HT et al. “Chest Wall Thickness in Military Personnel.” Military Medicine 2007;172(12):1260 — 8 cm catheter reaches the pleural space in 99%
- ISO 13485:2016 / EN ISO 13485:2016 — Certificate 172692.240327, UL Solutions, UKAS, valid to 26 March 2027
