For 60 years, the only treatment for NPH has been a ventricular peritoneal (VP) shunt, an invasive procedure requiring a hole drilled in the skull to drain excess fluid.

Doctors confirm NPH with a spinal tap. For some patients, a shunt is inserted into the brain to drain excess fluid. The procedure requires invasive surgery as surgeons drill into the brain.

Doctors confirm NPH with a spinal tap, then for some patients, surgeons insert a shunt into the brain to drain excess fluid, but that requires invasive surgery as surgeons drill into the brain.

A minimally invasive approach could have a profound impact for the pediatric patient population, as many children who are born with hydrocephalus will experience multiple shunt revisions in their ...