Unique self-adjusting gravitational valve for the treatment of hydrocephalus
The GAV 2.0 Valve is a unique gravitational valve developed for the treatment of hydrocephalus and is especially effective in treating active patients.
The GAV 2.0 Valve combines the advantages of the tried and tested ball-in-cone valve with the advantages of a gravitational unit in a single, streamlined design.
This combination of a differential pressure unit and gravitational unit ensures an automatic opening pressure adjustment as a function of the position of the patient's body and in that way counteracts complications due to excess drainage.
Features and Benefits:
- Unique gravitational technology provides increased resistance as patient moves upright, greatly reducing or eliminating overdrainage.
- Enables the surgeon to use different opening pressures for the supine and upright positions, managing overdrainage complications and patient discomfort.
- Titanium housing allows the GAV 2.0 Valve to be made extremely small, but still have large flow paths to help reduce the risk of obstruction.
- Low profile and streamlined shape for fast and easy implantation and improved aesthetics.
- Available in different pressure combinations to help manage the complex needs of different patients.
- Two additional variants for lumbar CSF drainage.
Note: Because the opening pressure of the valve depends on the position of the patient, the GAV 2.0 Valve must be implanted parallel to the body axis.
