A permanently implantable intracranial pressure monitor

Author

Kawoos, U. ; Mugalodi, G.K. ; Tofighi, M.R. ; Neff, S. ; Rosen, A.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Biomed. Eng., Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA

fYear

2005

fDate

2-3 April 2005

Firstpage

17

Lastpage

19

Abstract

Existing neurosurgical intracranial pressure monitors can only be used in the hospital (usually ICU) setting, and have limited useful life due to drift and infection. Our work aims to develop a reliable and mass-producible MEMS-based microwave intracranial pressure sensor and a simple and portable microwave monitor for the sensor. This will also allow noninvasive monitoring of intracranial pressure.

Keywords

biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; brain; microsensors; microwave detectors; neurophysiology; patient monitoring; pressure measurement; pressure sensors; surgery; MEMS-based microwave intracranial pressure sensor; drift; infection; microwave monitor; neurosurgical intracranial pressure monitor; noninvasive intracranial pressure monitoring; Biomedical monitoring; Cranial pressure; Hospitals; Implants; Intracranial pressure sensors; Magnetic resonance imaging; Microwave oscillators; Neurosurgery; Pressure measurement; Remote monitoring;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioengineering Conference, 2005. Proceedings of the IEEE 31st Annual Northeast

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9105-5

Electronic_ISBN

0-7803-9106-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NEBC.2005.1431905

Filename

1431905