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Visual inspection: during the investigation, no significant deformations or damage of the valves was determined.Permeability test: a permeability test has indicated that the progav 2.0 valve is permeable and the shuntassistant 2.0 has a blockage.Computer controlled test: to investigate the claim of under-drainage, the opening pressure is measured using a miethke computer controlled testing apparatus which simulates a cerebrospinal fluid flow.The valves are tested in both the horizontal as well as the vertical positions.The results show that the progav 2.0 is operating within the accepted tolerance in the horizontal position.The test bench measurement was not carried out on shuntassistant 2.0 due to the non-permeability.Adjustment test: the progav 2.0 was tested and is not adjustable.Braking force and brake function test: the brake functionality test has shown that the brake function is operational; however, the braking force cannot be measured due to the non-adjustability of the valve.Internal inspection: after dismantling of the valves, deposits were found inside.To make the proteins / deposits in the shunt system more visible, they were colored using a staining solution.Results: based on our investigation results, we can determine, at the time of our investigation, a non-adjustability on the progav 2.0 and a blockage on the suhuntassistant 2.0.The cause of these malfunctions could be the deposits detected we can exclude a defect at the time of release.The shunt system met all specifications of the final inspection when released from christoph miethke gmbh & co.Kg.No further regulatory actions are required from our point of view.
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