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Implantable Intracranial Pulse Pressure Modulator and System and Method for Use of Same

a technology of intracranial pulse and modulator, which is applied in the direction of wound drains, valves, medical devices, etc., can solve the problems of csf pathways and flow, physically deforming the brain or obstructing the ventricular system, and perhaps not as efficiently as in normal individuals

Active Publication Date: 2021-08-12
SKLAR FREDERICK H
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This patent describes an implantable device that can treat hydrocephalus without needing to drain CSF from the cerebral ventricles to another body cavity. The device includes two one-way valves that help to reduce the intraventricular pressure and works by passively responding to physiologic pressure changes that occur within the cerebral ventricles during the cardiac cycle. This device is designed to be simple and function passively, without requiring complicated technical and electrical components. The patent also describes a system and method for using the implantable device to treat hydrocephalus in patients of all ages.

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In addition, processes that physically deform the brain or obstruct the ventricular system can block CSF pathways and flow, such as seen with tumors, cysts, and various congenital malformations.
In contrast, CSF absorption is a very sensitive function of ICP, increasing with increasing pressure over a threshold pressure even in patients with hydrocephalus, although perhaps not as efficiently as in normal individuals.
Sometimes after multiple VP shunts and / or infections involving the peritoneal cavity, VP shunts are not successful because of peritoneal adhesions, loculations, or an inability for the diverted CSF to be resorbed.
These various ventricular shunts present their own set of risks and complications, and they are considered distant second choice procedures to the VP shunt.
Overall, patients generally do reasonably well with shunts, although the devices are associated with significant risks.
To name only a few, shunts can break, obstruct, become infected, and erode into other organs.
In adults, and particularly in the elderly, over-shunting can cause subdural hemorrhage (bleeding over the surface of the brain), and this can be life threatening.
Many of the complications relate to where and how much fluid is drained.
Modern neurosurgery has never quite established how much CSF should be allowed to drain and how best to accomplish this.
Shunt infections can be particularly devastating to young infants and children, interfering with intellectual development.
However, CSF drainage directly and indirectly has much to do with many of the complications that occur with frequency with ventricular shunt surgeries.

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[0028]While the making and using of various embodiments of the present invention are discussed in detail below, it should be appreciated that the present invention provides many applicable inventive concepts which can be embodied in a wide variety of specific contexts. The specific embodiments discussed herein are merely illustrative of specific ways to make and use the invention and do not delimit the scope of the present invention.

[0029]Referring initially to FIG. 1 through FIG. 8, therein is depicted one embodiment of an implantable intracranial pulse pressure modulator device (IPPMD) that is schematically illustrated and generally designated 10. As shown, a housing 12 is sized for superjacent contact with a skull S. The housing 12 secures a vestibule 14, a pair of one-way valves 16, 18 exemplarily depicted as passive ball check valves 20, 22, and a chamber 24 therein. Walls of the chamber 24 may be comprised of an elastic material such as silicone that allows the volume of the c...

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An implantable intracranial pulse pressure modulator for treating hydrocephalus in patients of all ages is disclosed as well as a system and method for use of the same. In one embodiment of the implantable intracranial pulse pressure modulator, two one-way valves are interposed in parallel, opposing orientations between a vestibule and a chamber. One of the one-way valves, in response to systole, provides fluid communication from the vestibule to the chamber such that a small aliquot of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is displaced from a cerebral ventricle into a ventricular catheter, thereby reducing intraventricular systolic pressure. The other one-way valve, in response to diastole, provides fluid communication from the chamber to the vestibule such that the same volume of CSF is reintroduced into a cerebral ventricle, thereby increasing intraventricular diastolic pressure. Together, both processes work synergistically to reduce intraventricular pulse pressure in order to treat hydrocephalus.

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PRIORITY STATEMENT & CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims priority of co-pending U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 62 / 972,617, entitled “Implantable Intracranial Pulse Pressure Modulator and System and Method for Use of Same,” and filed on Feb. 10, 2020, in the name of Frederick H. Sklar; which is hereby incorporated by reference, in entirety, for all purposes.TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention relates, in general, to the treatment of hydrocephalus and, in particular, to an implantable surgical device, namely, an implantable intracranial pulse pressure modulator for treating hydrocephalus.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is made within the cerebral ventricles by both active and passive processes. CSF percolates through the cerebral ventricular system, as well as the brain itself, and it is ultimately absorbed into intracranial and intraspinal veins, thereby establishing a so-called CSF circulation. It is gene...

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IPC IPC(8): A61M27/00A61M39/24
CPCA61M27/006A61M39/24A61M2210/0687A61M2202/0464A61M2205/583A61M2205/52A61M2205/3523A61M2039/248A61M2230/30
Inventor SKLAR, FREDERICK H.
Owner SKLAR FREDERICK H
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