# US 11,439,798 B2 · Cerebral spinal fluid shunt plug > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,439,798 B2 - Document ID: US11439798B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/662,624 - Filed: 2019-10-24 - Published: 2020-04-23 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2017-04-24 - Assignees: Longeviti Neuro Solutions LLC - Applicants: Longeviti Neuro Solutions LLC - Inventors: Jesse Christopher; Bradley Rabinovitz; Todd Johnson - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11439798B2 ## CPC - A61M 27/006: {Cerebrospinal drainage; Accessories therefor, e.g. valves} - A61B 5/0004: {characterised by the type of physiological signal transmitted} - A61B 5/031: {Intracranial pressure} - A61B 5/6847: {mounted on an invasive device} - A61M 2205/3344: Measuring or controlling pressure at the body treatment site - A61M 2205/3523: using telemetric means - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) ## Abstract A cerebral spinal fluid shunt plug includes a shunt plug housing having a shunt valve recess formed therein and an intracranial monitoring device recess with an access hole. A shunt valve is positioned within the shunt valve recess of the shunt plug housing and an intracranial monitoring device is passed through the central access hole of the shunt plug housing. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A cerebral spinal fluid shunt plug, comprising: a shunt plug housing including a shunt valve recess formed therein and an intracranial monitoring device recess with an access hole; a shunt valve shaped and dimensioned for positioning within the shunt valve recess of the shunt plug housing; and an intracranial monitoring device shaped and dimensioned for passage through the access hole of the shunt plug housing; wherein the shunt valve and intracranial monitoring device are separate and distinct elements from the shunt plug housing, and wherein the shunt valve and the intracranial monitoring device are configured to be positioned within the shunt plug housing. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The cerebral spinal fluid shunt plug according to claim 1, wherein the intracranial monitoring device is a wireless intracranial monitoring device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The cerebral spinal fluid shunt plug according to claim 1, wherein the intracranial monitoring device includes a probe that passes through the access hole. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The cerebral spinal fluid shunt plug according to claim 1, wherein the shunt plug housing includes access holes or passageways allowing the shunt valve recess to communicate with an exterior of the shunt plug housing, the access holes or passageways being shaped and dimensioned to allow for connection of a ventricular catheter and a peritoneal catheter with the shunt valve housed within the shunt valve recess of the shunt plug housing. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The cerebral spinal fluid shunt plug according to claim 1, wherein the shunt valve and the intracranial monitoring device are configured to be positioned within the shunt plug housing through an opening in an upper surface thereof. ### Claim 6 A cerebral spinal fluid shunt plug, comprising: a shunt plug housing including a shunt valve recess and an intracranial monitoring device recess with an access hole; the shunt valve recess is shaped and dimensioned to receive a shunt valve; and the intracranial monitoring device recess is shaped and dimensioned to receive an intracranial monitoring device with a probe of the intracranial monitoring device passing through the access hole; wherein the shunt valve and the intracranial monitoring device are separate and distinct elements from the shunt plug housing, and wherein the shunt valve and the intracranial monitoring device are configured to be positioned within the shunt plug housing. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The cerebral spinal fluid shunt plug according to claim 6, wherein the shunt plug housing includes access holes or passageways allowing the shunt valve recess to communicate with an exterior of the shunt plug housing, the access holes or passageways being shaped and dimensioned to allow for connection of a ventricular catheter and a peritoneal catheter with the shunt valve housed within the shunt valve recess of the shunt plug housing. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The cerebral spinal fluid shunt plug according to claim 6, wherein the shunt valve and the intracranial monitoring device are configured to be positioned within the shunt plug housing through an opening in an upper surface thereof. ### Claim 9 A cerebral spinal fluid shunt plug, comprising: a shunt plug housing including an upper surface, a lower surface, and side walls extending between the upper surface and the lower surface; a shunt valve recess is formed in the upper surface of the shunt plug housing, wherein the shunt valve recess is shaped and dimensioned to receive a shunt valve and is in communication with an exterior of the shunt plug housing via access passageways extending from an exterior surface of the shunt plug housing to the shunt valve recess; and the shunt plug housing also includes an intracranial monitoring device recess that is formed in the upper surface of the shunt plug housing, wherein an access hole extends from the intracranial monitoring device recess to the lower surface of the shunt plug housing, and the intracranial monitoring device recess is shaped and dimensioned to receive an intracranial monitoring device with a probe of the intracranial monitoring device passing through the access hole; wherein the shunt valve and intracranial monitoring device are separate and distinct elements from the shunt plug housing, and wherein the shunt valve and the intracranial monitoring device are configured to be positioned within the shunt plug housing. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The cerebral spinal fluid shunt plug according to claim 9, wherein the shunt valve and the intracranial monitoring device are configured to be positioned within the shunt plug housing through an opening in an upper surface thereof.