Micro devices for a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt system

摘要

This paper reports a novel cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt system for the hydrocephalus patients. The CSF shunt system consists of a micro telemetry pressure sensor, an electromagnetic micropump and a controller. The pressure sensor has a flexible p+ diaphragm and a planar copper coil that construct an LC resonant circuit. The cerebrospinal pressure is measured from the phase shift at the resonance frequency. The micropump consists of an actuator diaphragm and a pair of passive valves. Each device is fabricated by micromachining technology and tested to obtain the characteristic. The feasibility of the proposed shunt system is evaluated with the in vitro performance test. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. [References: 8]