Device Dossier

Catheter, peritoneal

Device Dossier for Catheter, peritoneal (Catheter, peritoneal, Class IIb, sponsor Medtronic). ARTG record, intended purpose, GMDN category — compiled by…

Intended purpose

A flexible tube designed for insertion into the cavity surrounded by a double layer sac that lines the abdominal walls and covers most of the viscera contained therein (peritoneum). This device has particular characteristics according its clinical use, e.g. drainage or as distal catheters in hydrocephalic shunts. This device is single-use.

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