CPC A61M 27/006 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0042 (2013.01); A61B 5/031 (2013.01); A61B 5/032 (2013.01)] | 21 Claims |
1. A method of treating normal pressure hydrocephalus in a patient in need thereof, the method comprising:
placing the patient in a hyperbaric chamber under conditions effective to increase an intraparenchymal venous pressure of the patient from a sub-normally low value to a normal value or to a value higher than normal, and
venting cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to an area with pressure lower than the hyperbaric chamber effective to control a CSF pressure in the patient to produce a pressure gradient having the intraparenchymal venous pressure above the CSF pressure.
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