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Building a smarter shunt for hydrocephalus patients

October 31, 2023

Despite modest improvements since their invention in the 1950s, today’s shunts remain highly prone to failure. Madison Scientific plans on using a SmartShunt System to change that reality.

Read more here: https://www.isthmusproject.com/story/building-a-smarter-shunt-for-hydrocephalus-patients/

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