25,26 Flow-limiting valves were designed to ... of a programmable shunt for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus. Although CSF shunting is a relatively straightforward neurosurgical procedure ...

Hydrocephalus: A medical condition characterized ... of the catheter that is closest to the ventricle, which can impede CSF flow. This Nature Research Intelligence Topic summary is one of 30,000 ...

CereVasc has reported positive initial results in a pilot study of its eShunt System implant in treating elderly patients ...

Cause of congenital hydrocephalus is the blockage in the passage of CSF. A child may be born with a blockage in the pathway that allows fluids in the brain to flow normally. But if it has nowhere ...

Because CSF is made continuously ... or between them to enable cerebrospinal fluid to flow. The most common treatment for hydrocephalus, however, is the surgical insertion of a drainage system ...

In clinical trials, the device has demonstrated its ability to wirelessly detect cerebrospinal fluid, or CSF, flow in shunted hydrocephalus patients. FlowSense is designed to be used on patients ...

where the CSF can be reabsorbed Neuroimaging of two patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus. (A) Head CT scan demonstrating ventriculomegaly without significant cortical atrophy.

Management of INPH is best accomplished by using a valve-regulating shunting system, which is designed to prevent both under-and overdrainage of CSF. A flow-limiting valve operates by limiting CSF ...