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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Integra Lifesciences Switzerland Sàrl, Le Locle, CH;
Inventors:
Stephen Wilson, N. Easton, MA (US);
Emilie Neukom, Zug, CH;
Assignee:
INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES SWITZERLAND SÀRL, Le Locle, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 27/006 (2013.01); A61M 25/007 (2013.01); A61M 25/0071 (2013.01); A61M 2205/04 (2013.01); A61M 2210/0693 (2013.01);
Abstract
A shunt includes a housing having an inlet, an outlet and a flow control mechanism disposed within the housing. A ventricular catheter is connected to the inlet of the housing. The catheter has a longitudinal length, a proximal end, a distal end, and an inner lumen extending therethrough. The inner lumen of the catheter includes at least two lumens at the distal end and has only one lumen at the proximal end. The catheter has one slit and aperture corresponding to each of the at least two lumens located at the distal end of the catheter.