Skull-Mounted Drug And Pressure Sensor

Skull-Mounted Drug And Pressure Sensor

Patent Number: US 10,786,155 B2

Date Filed: September 29, 2020

Country Filed In: USA

Product Application: Skull-Mounted Optical Sensor

A skull-mounted drug and pressure sensor (SOS), a smart pump (ISP) electrically coupled to the SOS and a drug delivery and communications catheter communicating the SOS with the ISP are combined for a first embodiment. A skull-mounted (SOS), a metronomic biofeedback pump (MBP) electrically coupled to the SOS and a drug delivery and communications catheter having a sending and receiv­ing optical fiber communicating the SOS with the MBP are combined for a second embodiment. A third embodiment combines a (SOS), an implantable power and communica­tion unit (PCU) electrically coupled to the SOS, and a drug delivery and communications catheter for communicating the SOS with the PCU and for communicating the exterior source of the drug to the SOS. A fourth embodiment combines a ventricular catheter with a CSF accessible chamber and drug delivery port; and an implantable stand­alone skull-mounted drug and pressure sensor (SPS).

Field of Use: The Skull-Mounted Optical Sensor (SOS) is one of the key components in the SINNAIS Implantable Pump technology. The SOS is mounted subdurally near a tumor site and is connected to the SINNAIS Pump via a dual lumen catheter. One of the lumens allows for the transfer of therapeutics to be delivered as well as site fluid samples to be taken. The other lumen is used for digital transmission of data communication between the pump and the SOS as well as for biometric data to be transmitted back to the pump via the SOS' biosensor.