The Arkis Precision Tunneler is designed to facilitate the subcutaneous passage of shunt tubing between two skin incisions when implanting a ventricular shunting system in patients with normal skin.
A sterile, hand-held manual surgical instrument designed to create a subcutaneous tunnel (artificial passageway) between percutaneous entry and exit incisions for the subcutaneous placement of a device (e.g., catheter for medication administration, shunt). It is available in a variety of forms and may be: 1) a luminal sheath with a removable inner obturator, intended for co-axial device introduction, followed by sheath removal; or 2) a non-luminal device intended to either lead or pull the device through subcutaneous tissue. It is not intended for tunnelling through deep tissues. This is a single-use device.
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