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Artifical biological drainage device

US4037604A · kind A · utility

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10Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 5, 1976
Grant dateJul 26, 1977
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 5, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M27/002
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A tube for implantation in an animal organ or cavity, for example, an eye, communicates with the anterior chamber of the eye and terminates in a unilateral pressure dependent valve shunt positioned outside the anterior chamber. Lateral side arms secured to the tube provide fixation means to the eye.

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