18 devices · GMDN 61158
An atrial cerebrospinal fluid catheter is a flexible tube designed to be implanted as the distal part of a ventriculoatrial shunt system. It drains excess cerebrospinal fluid from the brain’s ventricles to the right atrium of the heart, where the fluid is absorbed into the bloodstream, helping to relieve elevated intracranial pressure in patients with hydrocephalus.
This catheter is intended for single-use implantation and is supplied as a sterile component of a shunt system. It is regulated as an active implantable medical device, with its safety and performance evaluated based on its role in chronic CSF diversion, and it is not intended to be reused or reprocessed after implantation.
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