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  • Articles
  • Shunt infection: How it develops and how it can be prevented
    • Shunt therapy is the most common treatment for hydrocephalus, but carries the risk of serious complications such as shunt infections. Find out more about symptoms, causes, treatment options and preventive approaches such as antibiotic-impregnated catheters.
  • LP shunt vs. VP shunt
    • The choice between LP and VP shunt is essential for the successful treatment of hydrocephalus. This article provides a detailed comparison, looking at the indications, benefits and potential risks of both types of implantation - informed insights for better treatment decisions.
  • The measurement of intracranial pressure (ICP)
    • The measurement and interpretation of intracranial pressure (ICP) is a very helpful aid in the diagnosis and treatment of many brain diseases. The article explains the technical requirements for ICP measurements, the interpretation of ICP values in intracranial pressure measurements and their significance for effective treatment planning.
  • The Innovative Leap to Telemetric Pressure Sensors
    • Telemetric pressure sensors are setting new standards in the hydrocephalus shunt therapy. The article analyzes the technical limitations of conventional ICP sensors and presents trend-setting innovations in the field of measurement with telemetric pressure sensors - for more precise and efficient treatments.
  • Over- and underdrainage - the most common “side effects” of shunt systems
    • Shunt systems in hydrocephalus therapy have a long history, but over- and underdrainage are still common complications with their potential consequences, such as slit ventricle syndrome. The article looks at the causes, consequences and therapeutic approaches of both problems and discusses whether gravitational technology offers a possible remedy.
  • Foundations of fluid mechanics, or of beakers, bottles and people
    • The article introduces fluid mechanics and explains how the cerebrospinal fluid works in the human brain. It explains the hydrodynamics in the shunt system and shows why the circulation and pressure of the cerebrospinal fluid are important factors for optimizing shunt therapies.

HC&ME App

Your Hydrocephalus Diary

HC&ME App

HC&ME App
FEATURES
Available in the App Store and Google Play Store

Learn more about your own hydrocephalus

The HC&ME App is a digital hydrocephalus diary that allows you to comprehensively document your life with hydrocephalus and everyday life with a shunt.

  • Hydrocephalus diary to document well-being, symptoms and activities at different times of the day
  • Simple overviews of all diary entries
  • Digital shunt identification with the complete valve history: all shunts, all pressure settings
  • Data export and possibility to share the overviews with others
  • Joint further development and improvement through your feedback to our developers
  • Data protection conformity: Data secured in the best possible way in accordance with DSGVO specifications

 

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Diary: wellbeing, symptoms & activities

Every day - simple and fast

Wellbeing feels different for each of us. Today the sun shines and tomorrow the clouds are grey - there are not always solid reasons for this. Symptoms can be of varying severity. Activities are carried out by everyone with different intensity. It is YOUR diary. Write it down as you feel it. It's easy with just a few clicks.

How do I feel today in general?
Which symptoms appear when during the day and how strong are they?
What did I actually do during the day?

 

Overview of all entries

Many entries provide a comprehensive picture

In simple overviews you get an overview of your symptoms and activities in relation to each other. Select any time period that you want to overview: day, week, month. In addition, events such as operations or changes to print settings are also shown here, if you have made such entries in the shunt history.

The overviews help you to get to know yourself and your everyday life with hydrocephalus and shunt better.

Digital patient pass

All shunts and all print settings at a glance and always with you

If you take good care of your shunt history in the HC&ME app, you will always have your own digital patient pass with you. Everything important can be recorded here and configured again and again:

Valves, temporal valve history, valve pressure stages, pressure stage changes, implantation and explantation date, reasons for surgery, personal notes.

Share data export & overviews

As PDF or CSV file

All entered diary data can be generated as PDF or CSV file at the push of a button and sent by e-mail. However, they then also leave the protected area that is compliant with the DSGVO app. So please decide carefully with whom you really want to share your data.

 

Individualization of the diary

Easily customize symptoms and activities in the profile

Every hydrocephalus is very individual - so are the symptoms and daily activities. Therefore you can easily configure your recurring symptoms and activities in the profile. Only the symptoms and activities set up there will still be displayed in the diary. This makes it easier to maintain an overview when documenting and also in the overview itself.

Download in App Store

HERE

Download in Google Play Store

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Feedback desired

Do you have questions about HC&ME or ideas what we can improve? We are constantly working on the improvement of the HC&ME App and would be happy if we can do this together with your feedback.


We are looking forward to your mail to:  hcandme(at)miethke.com.

Patientin und Ingenieure sind gemeinsam abgebildet

OUR PARTNERSHIP
WITH B. BRAUN

B. Braun and MIETHKE - Together for a better life with hydrocephalus

We have a long and intensive partnership with B. Braun in the field of neurosurgery. We are driven by a common vision: to improve the lives of hydrocephalus patients around the world with innovative solutions.

Our partnership is an exciting combination of B. Braun's nearly 180 years of expertise as one of the world's leading medical device and pharmaceutical companies and our agility as an innovative company and technology leader in gravitation-based shunt technology. 

 

Our strong partner in neurosurgery:

www.bbraun.com