Formative Usability Assessment of Wireless Thermal Anisotropy Devices

ConditionHydrocephalus
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age5-80
SponsorRhaeos, Inc.

About this trial

Measurements of shunt flow will be performed non-invasively. This study will generate usability data via observed tasks and comprehension questions to enable future device design improvements.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Existing ventricular CSF shunt with a region of intact skin overlying the shunt catheter appropriate in size for application of the study device

Signed informed consent by subject or a parent, legal guardian, health care agent, or surrogate decision maker (according to local statutes)

Subject or caregiver can clearly communicate and document information in English

Verbal assent by minors 12 years of age and older who can understand the study and communicate their decision

Disqualifiers

Presence of an interfering open wound in the device application region

Subject-reported history of adverse skin reactions to adhesives

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Thermal Anisotropy

Treatment groups

145 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group

Sponsors and collaborators