Hydrocephaly treatment device including a variable impedance fil

Details Hydrocephaly treatment device including a variable impedance fil Hydrocephaly treatment device including a variable impedance fil

1984-01-13

1986-08-12

Yasko, John D.

Surgery

Devices transferring fluids from within one area of body to...

With flow control means

604 8, A61M 500

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046053956

ABSTRACT:
To treat hydrocephaly, an intracranial catheter is implanted in the head. It is connected to a tube fitted with a non-return valve and serves to divert the flow of cephalo-rachidian liquid to the peritoneum or to the right auricle of the heart. In accordance with the invention a hydraulic filter of non-linear variable impedance is connected in the tube in series with the valve. The filter maintains an average flow rate of the cephalo-rachidian liquid close to the physiological flow rate, but prevents sudden rushes of fluid flow, thereby permitting the intracranial pressure to vary in the short term in the normal manner over a characteristic period of about one second, while preventing said pressure from rising slowly in the long term, e.g. over a characteristic period of about one minute. This is done by a bead (160) which is housed in a cavity (161) extending between a proximal orifice (111) and a distal orifice (136). The distal orifice constitutes a leaky valve seat for the bead.

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