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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2008
Applicant:
Sameh Mesallum, Quincy, MA (US);
Inventor:
Sameh Mesallum, Quincy, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and devices are provided for switching fluid flow through a body part, such as all or portions of an organ or extremity. In general, fluid inflow and fluid outflow vessels to at least a portion of a body part can be switched such that all fluid in at least a portion of the inflow and outflow vessels flows in an opposite direction. In other words, the fluid inflow vessel (or at least a portion thereof) becomes the fluid outflow vessel that receives fluid from a body part, and the fluid outflow vessel (or at least a portion thereof) becomes the fluid inflow vessel that delivers fluid to a body part.