Vp Shunt Kit

Treatment of hydrocephalus complete range of shunt additions.

Vp shunt kit. A ventriculoperitoneal shunt drains excess brain fluid reducing brain pressure to a safe level. Flushing device standard flat bottom peritoneal tube. In patients with ventriculoperitoneal or lumboperitoneal shunts occasionally tests may be necessary to assess their function.

Celebrospinal fluid reservoir at. Ventriculoperitoneal shunts consist of a valve and two tubes called catheters which drain the fluid. Shunt tubing is made of flexible silicone with short plastic tubes used at times as connectors to the valve mechanisms.

Properly sized and accessorized the system offers valve adjustability in a lumboperitoneal configuration. The flow of fluid is then imaged in real time to determine the function of the shunt. Some shunt tubing is impregnated with antibiotics to reduce the incidence of infection during the post operative period.

Shunt implantation should be avoided if infection is present within the body. Peritoneal and ventricular catheters burrhole deflectors ports burrhole reservoirs flushing reservoirs titanium connectors tunneling instruments indication treatment of hydrocephalus. An adjustable csf shunt system for the treatment of communicating hydrocephalus and for idiopathic intracranial hypertension pseudotumor cerebri.

82 3072 codman bactiseal barium silicone catheter kit. Examples include the codman bactiseal catheter and the medtronic ares catheter. A shunt redirects excess cerebrospinal fluid csf in the brain to another part of the body allowing the brain s enlarged ventricles to return to a more normal size.

Ventricular drainage set ii for bag. Csf flow control valves are fixed pressure valves. With sophy the 1st adjustable valve and polaris the 1st mri stable adjustable valve sophysa is the largest european shunt manufacturer for hydrocephalus treatment.