Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fluid exchange apparatus and methods
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Application No.: US15877146Application Date: 2018-01-22
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Publication No.: US10653554B2Publication Date: 2020-05-19
- Inventor: Darren Doud , Randolph E. Campbell , Signe Erickson , K. Angela Macfarlane , Mike Barrett , Christina Skieller , David Batten , Greg Stine , Eugene de Juan, Jr. , Douglas Sutton , Kathleen Cogan Farinas
- Applicant: ForSight Vision4, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA South San Francisco
- Assignee: ForSight Vision4, Inc.
- Current Assignee: ForSight Vision4, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA South San Francisco
- Agency: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
- Main IPC: A61F9/00
- IPC: A61F9/00 ; A61M25/00 ; A61M39/02 ; A61M5/14 ; A61M5/32 ; A61M5/46 ; A61M39/00 ; A61M5/142

Abstract:
An injector apparatus comprises an elongate structure having one or more openings positionable near a penetrable barrier of an implantable device so as to receive fluid of the implantable device. The apparatus comprises a needle and a sheath extending over at least a portion of the needle. The elongate structure may comprise a distal tip to penetrate tissue and the penetrable barrier, and a distal opening near the tip to release therapeutic fluid into the implantable chamber. In many embodiments the distal tip, the distal opening, and the plurality of openings are separated from a stop that engages a tissue of the patient and limit penetration depth such that the distal opening and the plurality of openings are located along an axis of the implantable device to increase an efficiency of the exchange.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180243130A1 FLUID EXCHANGE APPARATUS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2018-08-30
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