It's a Band-Aid-like device non-invasively monitors brain shunt performance, preventing unnecessary surgeries, CT scans. Called a ‘Game-Changing’ skin sensor which could improve the life for a million
#hydrocephalus patients. “
#Shunt malfunction symptoms, like headaches or sleepiness, are things kids can have for lots of reasons, like the flu,” said co-senior author
@matthewpottsmd , assistant professor of Neurological Surgery and a
@northwesternmedicine physician. “So if a child has these symptoms, it’s very hard to know, and every time your kid says they have a headache or feels a little sleepy, you automatically think, ‘Is this the shunt?’ We believe that this device can spare patients a lot of the danger and costs of this process.” Co-lead author Dr. Amit Ayer, a sixth-year neurosurgery
#resident at Northwestern Medicine and an
#MBA student at
@kelloggschool at Northwestern, said “his patients are a driving force behind his motivation to get the device to market.” Learn more about this device developed by the Rogers Research Group via the link in our profile.
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