Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ferromagnetic valves
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Application No.: US14423635Application Date: 2013-08-30
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Publication No.: US10039670B2Publication Date: 2018-08-07
- Inventor: Eleftherios Paschalis Ilios , Claes H. Dohlman
- Applicant: Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary
- Applicant Address: US MA Boston
- Assignee: Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary
- Current Assignee: Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Boston
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- International Application: PCT/US2013/057577 WO 20130830
- International Announcement: WO2014/036437 WO 20140306
- Main IPC: A61M5/00
- IPC: A61M5/00 ; A61F9/007 ; A61M39/22 ; F16K99/00

Abstract:
The disclosure includes devices and methods for controlling fluid flow. The devices include a tube configured to receive fluid from a fluid source; and a valve for controlling fluid flow through the tube, the valve responsive to fluid pressure in the tube. The valve includes a first magnet outside the tube at a fixed first distance from the tube and a second magnet outside the tube substantially opposite the first magnet and at a second distance from the tube, the second distance greater than the first distance. The valve includes a ferromagnetic fluid within the tube between the first magnet and the second magnet and held in position by a magnetic field generated by the first magnet. The amount of ferromagnetic fluid is sufficient to seal the tube when the fluid pressure is below a threshold pressure set by the second distance between the second magnet and the tube.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150202082A1 FERROMAGNETIC VALVES Public/Granted day:2015-07-23
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