Procurement Trends: Intracranial Pressure Monitors - May, 2023

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Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitors are designed for continuous measurement and display of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure inside the skull and/or the meningeal membranes and are hard-wired to the patient at the bedside. They typically include a main computerized electronic unit for data processing, a display, pressure transducers, and an interface cable. Bedside ICP monitors can measure directly within one of the brain ventricles (intraventricular), beneath the dura mater (subarachnoid), or outside the dura mater (epidural); they are mostly used after cranial trauma or surgery and also in hydrocephalic patients. Capital Guide member interest (total number of...