Each Horizontal-Vertical (H-V) lumbar valve system adjusts for changes in posture to maintain pressure at appropriate levels in the standing and recumbent positions. When the valve unit is horizontal, the spring-actuated, ball-in-cone inlet valve alone controls the lower pressure limit.
Spetzler is the most prominent name in lumbar-peritoneal shunting products, available exclusively from Natus. The original lumbar-peritoneal shunt, designed for the treatment of communicating hydrocephalus in adults, can be inserted without a laminectomy.
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