Magnet Control System for Treatment of Pediatric IVH
BME 401 Senior Design Group 9
Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in premature neonates (Deger, 2021). It consists of bleeding inside or around the ventricles of the brain and the resulting pressure can cause nerve cell damage of varying degrees. The greater the extent of the damage, the greater the chance of irreversible brain injury.
This project seeks to address the lack of precise treatment options for intraventricular brain hemorrhage (IVH) in premature neonates. By creating a magnet control system that moves fibrinolytic nanoparticles in the brain ventricles to dissolve blood clots, preterm children who experience intraventricular hemorrhaging will receive a more precise delivery of the fibrinolytic to IVH clots compared to current methods of simple diffusion.