Household magnets can change the programmable shunt valve in hydrocephalus patients

Proceedings of the IEEE Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, NEBEC

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 22-23

  Liu, Sheng ^a   Greene, Richard ^b   Thomas, Gordon A ^a   Madsen, Joseph R ^c,d  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Magnetic field; Pressure setting; Programmable shunt vale

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS;

PROGRAMMABLE VALVES; SHUNT VALVES;

MAGNETS;

EID: 28444453263     PISSN: 1071121X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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