Ventricular catheters are essential components in the management of hydrocephalus, a condition characterized by an accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the brain's ventricles. These ...

This is accomplished by implanting a shunt to drain CSF from either the intracranial ventricular system or the lumbar subarachnoid space to a distal site, such as the peritoneal or pleural cavity ...

ECI uses CSF, which surrounds the nervous system, as a pathway to deliver targeted devices ... from the spinal subarachnoid space to the brain ventricles. "This is the first reported technique ...