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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2009
Applicants:
Gordon A. Thomas, Princeton, NJ (US);
Reginald Conway Farrow, Somerset, NJ (US);
Sheng Liu, Harrison, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Gordon A. Thomas, Princeton, NJ (US);
Reginald Conway Farrow, Somerset, NJ (US);
Sheng Liu, Harrison, NJ (US);
Assignee:
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is an improved shunt system for draining CSF. The system includes a removable sheath for reduction of catheter clogging during shunt insertion, a catheter with relatively large holes, an extracranial filter to allow non-invasive filter replacement, and a wireless flow/pressure meter to monitor and control CSF flow.