MEDTRONIC Ventriculostomy Kit 46156

MEDTRONIC Ventriculostomy Kit 46156

• Drainage catheter: This is a thin, flexible tube that is inserted into the ventricle through a small burr hole made in the skull. The catheter has a balloon at the tip that helps to keep it in place.
• Introducer needle: This needle is used to puncture the dura mater, the membrane that covers the brain and spinal cord, before the catheter is inserted.
• Scalp needle: This needle is used to inject local anesthesia into the scalp before the incision is made.
• Scalpel: This is used to make the incision in the scalp.
• Guidewire: This thin wire is inserted through the introducer needle to help guide the catheter into the ventricle.
• Suture: This is used to close the incision in the scalp.