Convertible Integra CSF Reservoir - Reservoir, cerebrospinal fluid

Intended purpose

The Integra CSF Reservoir provides access to the lateral cerebral ventricles via hypodermic puncture. It is useful in obtaining CSF samples for cytological and chemical studies, for monitoring ventricular fluid pressure and for ventricular drainage. The reservoir provides easy access to the lateral ventricles and to cystic tumors for the injection of chemotherapeutic agents and/or radio-isotopes. The Convertible Integra CSF Reservoir may be utilized in hydrocephalic patients as a component in systems designed to shunt CSF from the lateral ventricles into either the right atrium of the heart or the peritoneum.

Functional description

The reservoir is designed for subcutaneous placement and attaches to a ventricular catheter at the a connector. The reservoir is made with a suture flange at its base for attachment to the periosteum. The reservoir incorporates a plugged distal outlet tube in addition to a bottom inlet tube.The plugged outlet tube may be unplugged and connected to a distal catheter allowing the reservoir to be used in a shunting system , if the latter is indicated .