A shunt for draining cerebral spinal fluid from the brain is provided. In an embodiment, the shunt includes a master control unit that is located in the abdomen, which interconnects a ventricular catheter and a second catheter, typically located in the peritoneal cavity. In a specific embodiment...
A shunt for draining cerebral spinal fluid from the brain is provided. In an embodiment, the shunt includes a master control unit that is located in the abdomen, which interconnects a ventricular catheter and a second catheter, typically located in the peritoneal cavity. In a specific embodiment...
An implantable shunt device for draining cerebrospinal fluid from a patient's subarachnoid space includes a shunt having opposed first and second ends and a one-way valve located at
The first report of a case of overdrainage of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was probably that of Dandy in 1932, who described the sudden and rapid drainage of CSF leading after surgery to intracranial hypotension with ventricular collapse. However, Becker, in 1968, was the first to use the term ...
5. Medicine To divert or permit flow of (a body fluid) from one pathway or region to another by surgical means. v.intr. 1. To move or turn aside. 2. Electricity To become diverted by means of a shunt. Used of a circuit. [Middle English shunten, to flinch.] shunt′er n. America...
A cerebrospinal fluid shunt system comprises a brain ventricle catheter (15) to insert into the brain ventricle (21) so as to drain cerebrospinal fluid from
n. a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another n. a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current n. implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within th...
5. Medicine To divert or permit flow of (a body fluid) from one pathway or region to another by surgical means. v.intr. 1. To move or turn aside. 2. Electricity To become diverted by means of a shunt. Used of a circuit. [Middle English shunten, to flinch.] shunt′er n. America...
peritoneal shunt, ventriculopleural shunt Access this article online Website: www.ijccm.org DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.169359 Quick Response Code: Introduction Extracranial shunts are routinely used to divert cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) into the extravascular compartment for the symptomatic ...
A device and system for flushing a shunt catheter utilizes the available cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to flush a blocked catheter. The CSF is pressurized to a predetermined amount and