Ultra-sound Compatible Artificial Cranial Prosthesis With Customized Platforms
An intracranial prosthesis comprised of a relatively flat, ultrasound-compatible body capable of engaging a plurality of diagnostic instruments and/or intracranial delivery systems so that a practicing medical professional can monitor certain parameters of a patient or deliver therapeutic agents to the patient while using an ultrasound-monitoring device to image the patient's brain. The prosthesis is designed to allow for the continuous, uninterrupted, simultaneous monitoring of a number of parameters of a patient's brain at the patient's bedside.
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- Claim CLM-00001. 1. A cranial prosthesis comprising
an outer body, an ultrasound compatible interior window at least partially surrounded by said outer body, and means in which to engage one or more diagnostic instruments and/or intracranial delivery systems, wherein said prosthesis is biocompatible and sterilizable; and further wherein said interior window allows for the use of an ultra-sound diagnostic device on the patient in which said prosthesis is implanted.
- Claim CLM-00016. 16. A cranial prosthesis comprising
an ultrasound compatible body, and means in which to engage one or more diagnostic instruments and/or intracranial delivery systems, wherein said prosthesis is biocompatible and sterilizable; and further wherein said ultra-sound compatible structure allows for the use of an ultra-sound diagnostic device on the patient in which said prosthesis is implanted and said one or more diagnostic instruments and/or intracranial delivery systems simultaneously as needed.
