Microbot Medical Inc. has received an official communication from the European Patent Office (EPO) regarding its intention to grant European Patent Application No. 11795301, covering the Company’s Self-Cleaning Shunt (SCS™). Globally, the Company now has 36 patents issued/allowed and 16 patent applications pending worldwide. The allowed patent application covers an inlet head for use on shunts, such as Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) Shunts which are implanted in Hydrocephalus patients for draining excess cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The inlet head includes a tube with openings disposed in its wall, and a cleaning element comprising a central shaft with protruding bristles installed inside the tube, such that mutual vibratory motion between the cleaning element and the tube causes the bristles to move within the openings. Such movement maintains the openings clear and thereby prevents shunt occlusion.