AN ELECTRONIC TOOLSET FOR USE WITH MULTIPLE GENERATIONS OF IMPLANTABLE PROGRAMMABLE VALVES WITH OR WITHOUT ORIENTATION FUNCTIONALITY BASED ON A FIXED REFERENCE MAGNET

摘要

A method for using a universal electronic toolset for indicating and adjusting of an implantable programmable bodily fluid drainage valve 100 regardless of whether the valve includes a fixed reference magnet 800 used to determine an angle of orientation of the implantable programmable bodily fluid drainage valve or not. A magnetic field detection sensor array in an indicator tool of the electronic toolset determines whether the fixed reference magnet is present in the implantable programmable bodily fluid drainage valve. If the presence of the fixed reference magnet is detected then the center and direction of flow of the adjustable valve unit is ascertained via electronic feedback from the electronic toolset; otherwise, the center and direction flow is ascertained via exclusively by manual physical palpation of the valve.