IP Library Granted Patent US 9,375,347
Granted Patent B2
US 9,375,347 · App. 12/743,955 · Granted Jun 28, 2016

Non-invasively adjustable drainage device

Inventor: Nikolaos Stergiopulos (Preverenges, CH)
Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)
A61F9/00781A61M27/002A61M27/006A61M2205/3515F16K3/34
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,375,347
App. No.
12/743,955
Granted
Jun 28, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The device comprises at least an inlet tube for the passage of fluid to be drained, said tube being connected to a chamber wherein said chamber comprises rotating means for adjusting the flow rate in said tube.

Claims (3)

1. An adjustable drainage implantable device comprising at least a tube for the passage of fluid to be drained, said tube passing through a first section of a chamber, said chamber comprising a second section separated from said first section by a membrane, rotating means for adjusting the flow rate in said tube by engaging the tube, said rotating means positioned in said second section, and said rotating means comprising a body that presses at variable degrees on the membrane depending on the rotational position of the rotating means and the membrane presses directly on the tube to impose continuously variable degrees of constriction on the tube sectional area.

2. The device as defined in claim 1 , wherein said tube is adapted to connect to a vessel or a bodily duct.

3. The device as defined in claim 1 , wherein said chamber is formed by said membrane and a clip.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2010
From: STERGIOPULOS, NIKOLAOS
To: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)
Reel/Frame 025131/0558 →
Continuity (1)
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