Catheters for shunting systems for the treatment of hydrocephalu

Details Catheters for shunting systems for the treatment of hydrocephalu Catheters for shunting systems for the treatment of hydrocephalu

1980-09-25

1983-03-08

Truluck, Dalton L.

Surgery

Devices transferring fluids from within one area of body to...

604275, A61M 2500

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ABSTRACT:
A shunting system for the treatment of hydrocephalus comprises a proximal catheter and/or a distal catheter in which a proximal and/or a distal end part of a tube of silicone rubber or other synthetic flexible polymer is constituted by a tip of titanium fixed to a corresponding end of the tube and affording an internal flow passage communicating at one end with flow apertures formed in the lateral walls of the tip and at the other end with the interior of the tube.

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Scarff-J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiat-1963 #26-pp. 1-26.

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