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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2012
Applicants:
Chad Seaver, Knoxville, TN (US);
Chris Arnott, Knoxville, TN (US);
James Alexander Killeffer, Knoxville, TN (US);
Inventors:
Chad Seaver, Knoxville, TN (US);
Chris Arnott, Knoxville, TN (US);
James Alexander Killeffer, Knoxville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Arkis, LLC, Knoxville, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 27/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 27/006 (2013.01); A61B 5/0017 (2013.01); A61B 5/031 (2013.01); A61M 27/002 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3337 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods to regulate flow of bodily fluids, such as cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), including a fluid chamber, an inlet port to receive the bodily fluid into the fluid chamber, an outlet port to remove the bodily fluid from the chamber, and a pressure element to regulate the amount of fluid flowing from the inlet port to the outlet port based on a pressure of the bodily fluid against an absolute pressure reference.