The present invention relates to a
catheter (10) placed in the ventricular
system, particularly an external
ventricular drainage catheter, for draining fluid from the ventricles of the ventricular
system, particularly the human ventricular
system, and especially for draining
cerebrospinal fluid. The
catheter (10) comprises a tubular body (11) having an internal drainage lumen (12) extending along the tubular body (11) for draining fluid, and at least one port (13.1, 13.2, 13.3) located in the distal region (14) of the tubular body (11), the at least one port (13.1, 13.2, 13.3) connecting the drainage lumen (12) to the outside of the tubular body (11) and to the outside of the catheter (10) in order to drain fluid from the ventricles into the drainage lumen (12). The catheter (10) further includes at least one forward
ultrasound sensor, in particular at least one forward
ultrasound transducer, the at least one forward
ultrasound sensor (16) which emits forward ultrasound and detects forward ultrasound that is reflected back to the at least one forward ultrasound sensor (16), in particular to acquire a sonogram, the at least one forward ultrasound sensor (16) is located at the distal end (17) of the tubular body (11). Furthermore, the present invention relates to a combination (3) of a
control unit (4) and the catheter (10) according to the present invention. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a configuration (1) which includes a mandolin, in particular a stylet (2) and the catheter (10) according to the present invention.