A Soft Robotic Actuator System for In Vivo Modeling of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus.

Journal: IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The intracranial pressure (ICP) affects the dynamics of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and its waveform contains information that is of clinical importance in medical conditions such as hydrocephalus. Active manipulation of the ICP waveform could enable the investigation of pathophysiological processes altering CSF dynamics and driving hydrocephalus.

Authors

  • Fabian Flurenbrock
  • Luca Rosalia
  • Anthony Podgorsak
  • Katherina Sapozhnikov
    Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
  • Nina Eva Trimmel
  • Miriam Weisskopf
  • Markus Florian Oertel
  • Ellen Roche
  • Melanie N Zeilinger
  • Leonie Korn
  • Marianne Schmid Daners