Device Category Dossier

Catheter, neurological, ventricular

Device Category Dossier for Catheter, neurological, ventricular. Australian ARTG records, sponsors, device class — compiled by arcimedes.

Ventricular catheters are flexible tubes surgically inserted through the skull and brain to access the cerebrospinal fluid-filled cavities of the brain (ventricles). They are used in the treatment of hydrocephalus as a component of a shunt system when draining or shunting of cerebrospinal fluid is indicated.