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Optoelectronic sensing of a subcutaneous implant setting

  • US 10,143,827 B2
  • Filed: 09/30/2015
  • Issued: 12/04/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A valve for implantation beneath the skin of a patient, the valve comprising:

  • a fluid inlet port;

    a fluid outlet port;

    a restriction element therebetween for restricting fluid transport between the inlet port and the outlet port;

    a control member operatively coupled to the restriction element for setting at least one of a rate of fluid flow through the restriction element and a pressure drop across the restriction element, a physical orientation of the control member being indicative of the setting; and

    at least two light-emitting elements coupled to the control member and physically spaced apart from one another along a length of the control member;

    wherein light emitted by the at least one light-emitting element is externally detectable through the skin of the patient for reading the setting.

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