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Case Experience Library

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Introducing Active Fluid ExchangeSee What is Possible with a Proactive, Therapeutic Approach

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Table of Contents

• Intraventricular Hemorrhage• Chronic Subdural Hematoma• Ventriculitis

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Intraventricular Hemorrhage

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Intraventricular Hemorrhage

PATHOLOGY TREATEDIntraparenchymal and Intraventricular Hemorrhage due to Hypertension

TREATMENT DESCRIPTION• IRRAflow Catheter Probe inserted• Active Fluid Exchange performed for

27 total hours

TREATMENT RESULT• Patient stabilized, returned to

regular ward, discharged to rehab• No drainage occlusions seen• No infection seen

Male, 18 Years Old

Treatment Time – 27 Hours

Pre-IRRAflow Treatment Post-IRRAflow Treatment

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Chronic Subdural Hematoma

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Chronic Subdural Hematoma

PATHOLOGY TREATEDIntraparenchymal and Intraventricular Hemorrhage due to Hypertension

TREATMENT DESCRIPTION• IRRAflow Catheter Probe inserted• Active Fluid Exchange performed for

6.5 total hours

TREATMENT RESULT• Patient stabilized within 24 hours• Complete neurological recovery• Complete clearance of hematoma• No drainage occlusions seen• No infection seen

Male, 85 Years Old

Treatment Time – 24 Hours

Pre-IRRAflow Treatment Post-IRRAflow Treatment

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Ventriculitis

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Ventriculitis

PATHOLOGY TREATED• Aggressive CSF shunt-related Ventriculitis• Neurosurgeon description – “mass of germs,

impossible to evacuate”

TREATMENT DESCRIPTION• Physician not yet trained on IRRAflow• Distributor trained via Skype• IRRAflow Catheter Probe inserted• Active Fluid Exchange cleared mass• IRRAflow Catheter Probe remained in place for

entire antibiotic therapy• After inflammation subsided, IRRAflow removed,

shunt replaced

TREATMENT RESULT• Patient survived• Released from rehab• Facility preparing case for publication

Female, Early 40’s

“The patient is conscious, no bacteria is left in the brain. She went from 100% probability of death to now conscious. This should not have been possible without IRRAflow.” Dr. Behnam

Pre-IRRAflow Treatment Post-IRRAflow Treatment

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