Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Implantable body-driven shunt pump
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Application No.: US15532910Application Date: 2015-12-07
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Publication No.: US10994107B2Publication Date: 2021-05-04
- Inventor: Ashish Nimgaonkar , Matthew Petney , Kevin James Colbert , Laura Scavo , Michelle Camacho
- Applicant: The Johns Hopkins University
- Applicant Address: US MD Baltimore
- Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
- Current Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
- Current Assignee Address: US MD Baltimore
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Agent Henry J. Daley; Aziz H. Poonawalla
- International Application: PCT/US2015/064319 WO 20151207
- International Announcement: WO2016/090378 WO 20160609
- Main IPC: A61M27/00
- IPC: A61M27/00 ; A61M1/00 ; A61M25/00 ; A61M60/268 ; A61M60/882

Abstract:
An implantable, body-driven shunt pump includes a pump body defining a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet and a fluid chamber therebetween; an inlet valve arranged in the fluid inlet, the inlet valve being a one-way valve arranged such that it is operable to allow fluid flow into the fluid chamber and to prevent fluid flow out of the fluid chamber; and an outlet valve arranged in the fluid outlet, the outlet valve being a one-way valve arranged such that it is operable to allow fluid flow out of the fluid chamber and to prevent fluid flow into the fluid chamber. The pump body includes an expandable and contractible component in a portion of the pump body that defines the fluid chamber such that the fluid chamber changes volume in response to a change in pressure of fluid in the fluid chamber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170361074A1 IMPLANTABLE BODY-DRIVEN SHUNT PUMP Public/Granted day:2017-12-21
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