Miethke shunt system with reservoir and distal catheter
Shunt system containing an adjustable gravitational unit and an adjustable differential pressure unit with distal catheters and a ventircular catheter, combined with a deflector, a pediatric prechamber or a reservoir. There are two types of reservoirs: Control reservoir and pediatric Burrhole reservoir. The shunt system is used for the treatment of pediatric and adult hydrocephalus. The valves, the prechamber, the deflector and the reservoirs are made from titanium. The catheters are made from silicone. The shunt system is MR safe up to 3 tesla.
No recorded changes yet — history accumulates with each release.
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