A catheter system with integral sensing and clearing of occlusions isdescribed. Thesystem can include a catheter in fluid communication with a shunt fortransporting a bodily fluidwithin, or out of, a patient's body. The catheter and/or the shunt can includeone or moredetection wires and one or more transmission wires. The detection wires can bein electricalcommunication with the fluid and can enable the detection of changes inelectrical properties ofthe fluid indicating an occlusion, or other anomaly, in the catheter. Thetransmission wires canbe in electrical communication with the fluid and can enable the applicationof electromagneticenergy to the occlusion to facilitate its removal. The detection wires and thetransmission wirescan be the same or different wires. The system can include a probe that can beexternallyconnected to the wires to provide detection and or transmission signals.
