Device Category Dossier

Catheter, peritoneal

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

Distal catheters are flexible tubes designed for insertion into the peritoneal cavity, right atrium of the heart, or other cerebrospinal fluid diversion sites. These devices are used as distal catheters in hydrocephalic shunts for the treatment of hydrocephalus when draining or shunting of cerebrospinal fluid is indicated.