A permanently implantable intracranial pressure monitor

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.