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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Sequana Medical Ag, Zug, CH;
Inventor:
Daniel R. Burnett, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sequana Medical AG, Zug, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 27/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/142 (2006.01); A61M 5/172 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 27/002 (2013.01); A61M 5/14276 (2013.01); A61M 27/006 (2013.01); A61M 5/1723 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3355 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8287 (2013.01); A61M 2210/0693 (2013.01); A61M 2210/101 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1085 (2013.01); A61M 2230/208 (2013.01); A61M 2230/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
An implantable fluid management device, designed to drain excess fluid from a variety of locations in a living host into a second location within the host, such as the bladder of that host. The device may be used to treat ascites, chronic pericardial effusions, normopressure hydrocephalus, hydrocephalus, pulmonary edema, or any fluid collection within the body of a human, or a non-human mammal.