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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2014
Applicant:
Ut-battelle, Llc, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Inventors:
Timothy E. McKnight, Greenback, TN (US);
Anthony Johnson, Houston, TX (US);
Kenneth J. Moise, Houston, TX (US);
Milton Nance Ericson, Knoxville, TN (US);
Justin S. Baba, Knoxville, TN (US);
John B. Wilgen, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Boyd Mccutchen Evans, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Assignee:
UT-BATTELLE, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61F 2/04 (2013.01); A61M 5/168 (2006.01); A61M 5/172 (2006.01); A61M 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/04 (2013.01); A61M 5/16813 (2013.01); A61M 5/172 (2013.01); A61M 27/006 (2013.01); A61M 2205/0283 (2013.01); A61M 2205/04 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3334 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3523 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3569 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3653 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8243 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1032 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1075 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1089 (2013.01); A61M 2210/145 (2013.01);
Abstract
Valve implant systems positionable within a flow passage, the systems having an inlet, an outlet, and a remotely activatable valve between the inlet and outlet, with the valves being operable to provide intermittent occlusion of the flow path. A remote field is applied to provide thermal or magnetic activation of the valves.