Indication; Technical Description - MIETHKE Ventricular Catheter Mode D'emploi

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INDICATION

The catheters are used for cerebrospinal fluid
(CSF) drainage in the treatment of hydro-
cephalus.

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

The catheters from the company Christoph
Miethke GmbH & Co. KG have an inner diam-
eter of 1.2 mm and an outer diameter of
2.5 mm. With these dimensions, the pres-
sure characteristics of a shunt system are only
slightly affected. The catheters are dimen-
sioned to work safely with Miethke valves suit-
able for ventricular peritoneal CSF drainage.
Ventricular Catheter
The Ventricular
catheters and contain barium sulfate. This
ensures that the X-ray image is clearly visi-
ble. In order to achieve a safe placement of
theVentricular Catheter it has number mark-
ings after 3, 5, 7, 10 cm and 13 cm distance
from the tip.
The Ventricular Catheters are produced in
such a way that the mandrin can be pushed-
forward into the tip. This prevents buckling
during implantation (fig. 1). The drill holes
begin 3 mm from the tip and end after 14 mm.
This prevents drainage from the ventricles to
the brain during implantation in very narrow
ventricles.
1. Silicone catheter
2. Introducing stylet / mandrin
3. Burrhole
Fig. 1: Ventricular Catheter in cross section
Length: 180 mm or 250 mm
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Catheters are silicone
Ventricular Catheter / Peritoneal Catheter
THOMALE CATHETER
The THOMALE CATHETER is a ventricular ca-
theter with 6 burrholes next to the tip of the
catheter. It is used preferably in the treatment
in case of narrow ventricles.
1. Burrhole
Fig. 2: THOMALE CATHETER in a schematic cross
section
Length: 180 mm or 250 mm
Peritoneal Catheter
The peritoneal catheters
catheters with 9-20 % BaSO
good identification on X-ray image is war-
ranted.
Fig. 3: Peritoneal catheter in a schematic cross sec-
tion
Length: 50 mm, 600 mm, 900 mm or 1200 mm
Peritoneal Catheter, barium striped
The peritoneal catheter, barium striped is a sil-
icone catheter with a stripe of BaSO
completly enclosed by silicone (fig. 4).
Fig. 4: Peritoneal catheter, barium striped in a
schematic cross section
1. Silicone
2. BaSO 4
are silicone
. Therefore a
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which is
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