Air and fluid infusion, vitrectomy

Primary use
Treatment / Resuscitation / Palliative care / Surgery
Type of medical device or related product
Medical equipment
General vs. specific use (health condition)
Specific
Intended population sex
All
Level of technical knowledge
Specialized clinical
Capital
Yes
Reusable
Yes
Requirements
None
WHO list of priority medical devices
Eye care (2022)
Service delivery platforms / Healthcare levels
Second-level and third-level hospital services and specialized outpatient services
Healthcare unit
Specialized surgery
EMDN related code(s)
Z1212020780
PHACO-VITRECTOMY INSTRUMENTS - HARDWARE ACCESSORIES
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GMDN related code(s)
47130
Vitrectomy fluid/gas handling handpiece/cannula (A sterile, hand-held, invasive, ophthalmic surgical instrument intended to handle fluids and gases during vitreoretinal surgery. It is used for controlling the extraction of fluids, the internal drainage of subretinal fluid, retinal fold manipulation [proliferative vitreoretinopathie (PVR), retinotomies, translocation], and simultaneous or sequential gas/fluid exchange [fluid-air, air-gas, fluid-gas, fluid-perfluorocarbon (PFC), PFC-gas]. It consists of a handle with a blunt or soft tip/cannula, that is inserted into the eye, and may include aspiration tubing or an integral backflush reservoir for retrograde flushing of incarcerated tissue during aspiration. This is a single-use device.)
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