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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2012
Applicant:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
William J. Bertrand, Ventura, CA (US);
Derek J. Harper, Prescott, AZ (US);
Lori Cone Speckman, Ventura, CA (US);
Andrew R. Kiehl, Oak View, CA (US);
Ron D. Scheer, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 27/006 (2013.01); A61M 1/0031 (2013.01); A61M 2202/0464 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3515 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3523 (2013.01); A61M 2205/52 (2013.01); A61M 2230/04 (2013.01); A61M 2230/08 (2013.01); A61M 2230/62 (2013.01); A61M 2230/63 (2013.01);
Abstract
A drainage system that includes a ventricular catheter, a drainage catheter, and a positive displacement pump that can function to actively drain CSF from the ventricles of the brain of a patient. The pump can include, for example, a diaphragm pump, a piston pump, a rotor pump, a peristaltic pump, or a screw pump.