Invention Application
- Patent Title: BIOFLUID SHUNT VALVE WITH SHEATH AND MONITORING DEVICE
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Application No.: US17610657Application Date: 2020-05-12
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Publication No.: US20220249284A1Publication Date: 2022-08-11
- Inventor: Dimitri Azar , Supriyo Sinha
- Applicant: Verily Life Sciences LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA South San Francisco
- Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLC
- Current Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA South San Francisco
- International Application: PCT/US2020/032478 WO 20200512
- Main IPC: A61F9/007
- IPC: A61F9/007 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B3/00 ; A61B3/16 ; A61M39/24

Abstract:
A shunt valve for removing biofluid from an eye of a user, the valve including a tubular body defining an inlet and a plurality of outlets formed through a wall of the tubular body; a plunger accommodated within the tubular body and fluidically coupled to the inlet; wherein the plunger is movable relative to the plurality of outlets; and an energized material coupled to the plunger and the tubular body; wherein the energized material is compressible to expose a portion of the plurality of outlets dependent on the pressure applied to the energized material.
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