Surgery – Devices transferring fluids from within one area of body to... – With flow control means
Patent
1984-01-30
1985-11-12
Crowder, Clifford D.
Surgery
Devices transferring fluids from within one area of body to...
With flow control means
A61M 500
Patent
active
045525536
ABSTRACT:
For use in controlling the release of entrapped body fluids, a surgically implantable flow control valve is provided which includes a molded plastic base separating an inlet chamber from an outlet chamber and including one or more apertures passing from the inlet chamber to the outlet chamber, and a resilient membrane which is molded of a material different from the material of the plastic base and which is secured to the base covering the aperture or apertures through the base on the outlet chamber side of the base.
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Bryant Marga M.
East Gary P.
Heindl Alfons
Schulte Rudolf R.
Crowder Clifford D.
Pudenz-Schulte Medical Research Corp.
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