Patent · US Expired

Hydrocephalus valve

US6926691B2 · kind B2 · utility

150Cited by
22References
18Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 9, 2003
Grant dateAug 9, 2005
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 9, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M2205/3337
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In order to allow improved adaptation to the situation existing in a patient in the case of a hydrocephalus valve with an electric actuating system comprising a control system opening and closing the hydrocephalus valve, it is proposed that the control system is a time control system.

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