Device for measuring parameters in the brain
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Abstract
The invention relates to an implantable device in modular-system design for measuring brain parameters. It consists of an electronics unit and a sensor unit integrated therein. The electronics unit with the essential components transmitter, receiver, power supply and control unit is sealed solidly and tightly, it is reusable after its sterilization. The sensor unit comprises at least one single lumen catheter and the sensors arranged therein for pressure and/or temperature measurement.
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9. Device for measuring brain parameters
having a sensor unit (1-3) that is designed in such a way that it— -
is implantable distally minimally invasively in the parenchyma and/or in the ventricles, — is received proximally in a fastening element (7) that is arranged centered on a base plate (6), wherein the sensor unit (1-3) is connected electrically conducting to an electronics unit (11) by means of a micro plug (10), the measuring device comprises a proximal assembly comprising;
—the fastening element (7), — the sections of the sensor unit (1-3) received in the fastening element (7), — the electronics unit (11), — the micro plug (10), wherein the proximal assembly (1-3, 7, 10, 11) is implemented such that it is connected solidly and tightly but removably by means of a semi-flexible cover (12) and positionable between the skull bone and scalp. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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