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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2005
Applicants:
Ari Moskowitz, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
William J. Bertrand, Ventura, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ari Moskowitz, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
William J. Bertrand, Ventura, CA (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 31/00 (2006.01); A61M 29/00 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A venous shunt system and method adapted to shunt cerebral spinal fluid in a patient. A fluid control device having a fluid passage is adapted to be placed allowing cerebral spinal fluid to flow through the fluid passage. A catheter having a lumen, the catheter being in fluid communication with the fluid control device. At least a portion of at least one of the catheter and the fluid control device being subjected to an anti-thrombogenic treatment.