The following research publications have been utilized by our team thus far:

Pursuit of a Smart Shunt  — Review paper examining recent developments in a shunt system that is able to detect failure

Regulatory History of CSF Shunts — Examines the FDA pathway that ventriculoperitoneal shunts fall into

Pressure-Sensor-Based localization of shunt failure — PhD. thesis in which a shunt system equipped with multiple pressure sensors is explored

Patent 9,427,305 — Patent for a prosthesis for monitoring a characteristic of flow that includes a first tubular prosthesis having a lumen and a sensor for detecting the characteristic of flow through the lumen. 

Personalized Mechatronic Shunt Valve — Details the use of a personalized, time-scheduled valve using ICP dynamics models

Intelligent Hydrocephalus Treatment — Overview of the problem of hydrocephalus and approaches for monitoring and personalizing shunts

Survey of Shunt Failure — Analysis of shunt procedures and shunt failure rate of 836 procedures from Duke University Medical Center

Fiberoptic Pressure Sensors

Review of fiber-optic pressure sensors for biomedical and biomechanical applications.

Measurement of blast wave by a miniature fiber optic pressure transducer in the rat brain.