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US 2006/0155177 A1Published application
Method & apparatus for monitoring cerebral physiology
AssigneeThe Curators of the University of Missouri
InventorsJeffrey Phillips, Roger Huckfeldt
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for predicting the outcome of head injury trauma by monitoring cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) characteristics, preferably by monitoring the pH of CSF. The apparatus includes a catheter with a wall section adapted to permit CSF to flow therein, and a sensor located within the catheter such that the CSF is permitted to flow adjacent the tip of the sensor.
Claims5
Apparatus for predicting the outcome of head trauma, the apparatus comprising:
- a pH probe for reception in a patient's brain ventricle and capable of monitoring the pH of CSF;
- means for calculating the pH at the probe at sequential times;
- means for comparing the calculated pH values with stored values;
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- means for displaying and/or recording the resulting values.
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