Shunt valve

Details Shunt valve Shunt valve

1989-10-06

1991-08-27

Hafer, Robert A.

Surgery

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

With flow control means

604 8, 604247, A61M 500

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050429744

ABSTRACT:
A shunt valve for draining of cerebrospinal fluid comprising a deformable housing having a proximal and distal end. A non-deformable valve chamber is disposed within the housing and such as to form an inlet chamber with the distal end and an outlet chamber with the proximal end. The shunt valve has an inlet into the inlet chamber and an outlet from the outlet chamber. The flow of the fluid within the shunt valve is a Z-flow path and the inlet and outlet are provided along the same axis.

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patent: 4606365 (1986-08-01), Siposs
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