Invention Application
- Patent Title: IMPLANTABLE FLUID MANAGEMENT DEVICE FOR THE REMOVAL OF EXCESS FLUID
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Application No.: US13789250Application Date: 2013-03-07
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Publication No.: US20130253409A1Publication Date: 2013-09-26
- Inventor: Daniel R. Burnett
- Applicant: Daniel R. Burnett
- Applicant Address: CH Zug
- Assignee: Sequana Medical AG
- Current Assignee: Sequana Medical AG
- Current Assignee Address: CH Zug
- Main IPC: A61M27/00
- IPC: A61M27/00

Abstract:
A device for removing fluid from a first bodily cavity and for directing that fluid into a second bodily cavity while avoiding risks of infection and, in one embodiment, excessive dehydration of the first bodily cavity. The device includes an uptake tube having a proximal end in fluid communication with the first bodily cavity and a distal end in fluid communication with a pump, and an outflow tube having a proximal end in fluid communication with the pump and a distal end in fluid communication with the second bodily cavity. The distal end of the uptake tube may be coupled to a reservoir configured to expand upon ingression of fluid into the reservoir and to contract upon removal of fluid due to a negative pressure provided by the pump.
Public/Granted literature
- US08771221B2 Implantable fluid management device for the removal of excess fluid Public/Granted day:2014-07-08
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