Learning more about the shunt & hydrocephalus
HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO MEET A SHUNT “COMPANY” REPRESETNATIVE/SPECIALIST? HERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR MEETING: The meeting yesterday with the shunt/medical device representative could not have gone better. The representative or “Nuero specialist” provided me with some great insight. Additionally he offered to help in any reasonable way possible. Some key points from the meeting included: What we call shunt failures are typically the proximal catheter (Catheter from the shunt to the ventricle) acquiring a buildup of protein and blocking CSF (Spinal fluid) flow from the ventricle to the shunt. This particular representative expressed how from his perspective it’s viewed as a condition or by-product of hydrocephalus, not necessarily a “failure of the product”. But stated that we need to have innovation that would prevent the buildup and stop the blockage. This representative named Frank showed serious passion for in...