Pharaoh Neuro’s CSF filtration system wins FDA breakthrough designation

Pharaoh Neuro’s minimally invasive system for filtering cerebrospinal fluid has received a breakthrough designation from the FDA, with its design to clean out unwanted blood following certain internal brain bleeds

The company’s Neurapheresis system is being developed as a closed-loop platform that circulates CSF out of the body, without the need for adding replacement fluids.

Following a type of stroke known as an aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, the device aims to remove blood and blood-related protein debris that has leaked into the CSF before returning it to the patient, using a dual-lumen catheter threaded up into the spine through a lumbar puncture.

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