Drainage device comprising an active filter

• US 10,384,042 B2
• Filed: 01/28/2009
• Issued: 08/20/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kirk Promotion Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Kirk Promotion Ltd.
• Inventors: Forsell, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Zalukaeva, Tatyana
• Assistant Examiner(s): Treyger, Ilya Y
• Application Number:
  US12/864,706
• Publication Number:
  US 20100318118A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,856 Days
• Field of Search: 604317, 604327, 606200, 606151, 606152, 606153
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/0036 implantable A61F2/0018 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/482 Electrical means
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/484 Fluid means, i.e. hydraulic or pneumatic
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2250/0001 Means for transferring electromagnetic energy to implants
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2250/0002 for data transfer
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/71 Suction drainage systems containers therefor A61M1/60, A61M1/64; negative pressure wound therapy systems A61M1/90
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/72 Cassettes forming partially or totally the fluid circuit
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/79 Filters for solid matter specially adapted for dental use A61C17/065
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/82 Membrane pumps, e.g. bulbs
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2027/004 with at least a part of the circuit outside the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/10 with powered movement mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3331 Pressure; Flow
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3523 using telemetric means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/7554 with means for unclogging or regenerating filters
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2210/1021 Abdominal cavity
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2210/1078 Urinary tract
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 27/002 Implant devices for drainage of body fluids from one part of the body to another intraocular A61F9/00781; middle ear A61F11/202
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 27/006 Cerebrospinal drainage; Accessories therefor, e.g. valves
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 60/00 Blood pumps; Devices for mechanical circulatory actuation; Balloon pumps for circulatory assistance heart stimulation A61H31/00; heart stimulators for electrotherapy A61N1/362
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 60/122 Implantable pumps or pumping devices, i.e. the blood being pumped inside the patient's body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 60/50 : Details relating to control
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 60/857 : Implantable blood tubes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 60/871 : Energy supply devices; Converters therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 46/66 : Regeneration of the filtering material or filter elements inside the filter B01D46/04, B01D46/48 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 46/68 : by means acting on the cake side involving movement with regard to the filter elements
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 46/681 : by scrapers, brushes or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 46/79 : by liquid process
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 46/86 : Cleaning the filter surface by interrupting suction so that the filter cake falls by gravity
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 46/88 : Replacing filter elements
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 46/90 : Devices for taking out of action one or more units of multi-unit filters, e.g. for regeneration or maintenance

Abstract

An implantable drainage device is provided. The device is adapted to move body fluid from one part of the body of a patient to another part of the body. The invention also extends to a filter adapted to filter particles from a drained fluid.

Claims

1. A filtering device for removing particles from a fluid of a patient, the filtering device being implantable in the patient'"'"'s body and comprising:

a tube forming a fluid passageway for a flow of a fluid,

an active filter connected to the tube for allowing through flow of the fluid and hindering any particles passing through the tube,

a wireless energy receiver,

a chargeable internal energy source to be charged with energy from the wireless energy receiver such that the filtering device is non-invasively energized, and

a filter cleaning device for cleaning the filter, the filter cleaning device being arranged to move any particles away from the fluid passageway in a direction different from the flow of the fluid, post-operatively, when the filter is implanted in the patient'"'"'s body, and to allow the flow of fluid through the fluid passageway to be maintained also during cleaning.

2. The filtering device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a sensor for sensing a parameter, wherein the sensor is a functional parameter sensor for sensing a functional parameter of the filtering apparatus or a physical parameter sensor for sensing a physical parameter of the patient.

3. The filtering device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a feedback device for sending information from inside the patient'"'"'s body to the outside thereof to give feedback information related to at least a sensed parameter.

4. The filtering device according to claim 3, comprising an internal control unit adapted to act in response to the functional parameter or a physical parameter sensed by the sensor, wherein the internal control unit adapted to control the cleaning device, comprises an operation device adapted to act in response to parameters sensed by the sensor.

5. The filtering device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a cleaning device for cleaning the filter and wherein the filter comprises a rotating member.

6. The device according to claim 1, comprising a cassette for changing the filter.

7. The device according to claim 6, comprising a revolving cylinder holding the cassette for changing the filter.

8. The device according to claim 1, wherein the filtering device comprising an operation device.

9. The device according to claim 8, wherein the operation device comprising a motor adapted to be powered by the power supply.

10. The device according to claim 8, wherein the operation device comprising a pump adapted to be powered by the power supply for moving fluid through the fluid passageway.

11. The filtering device according to claim 1,

wherein the filter comprises a plurality of strips.

12. The device according to claim 1, wherein the active filter is adapted be cleaned by sucking away any particles from the filter.

13. The device according to claim 1, wherein the cleaning device is adapted to move any particles away from the fluid passageway.

14. The device according to claim 1, wherein the cleaning device is adapted to move particles to a location within the body of the patient.

15. The device according to claim 1, wherein the cleaning device is adapted to slice, push or scratch away any particles from the filter.

16. The filtering device according to claim 1, the filtering device being implantable in the patient'"'"'s body and comprising:

at least one of;

a wireless remote control, wherein the filtering device is adapted to non-invasively have at least one of its functions regulated by said wireless remote control, a wireless energy receiver, wherein the filtering device is adapted to non-invasively be energized by said wireless energy receiver, and a wireless energy transmitter adapted to non-invasively energize the cleaning device.

17. The filtering device according to claim 1, the filtering device being implantable in the patient'"'"'s body and comprising:

at least one of;

an implantable switch, a wireless remote control, and a hydraulic device having a hydraulic reservoir adapted to be regulated by manually pressing the hydraulic reservoir, wherein the filtering device is adapted to thereby manually and non-invasively control any function of the filtering device.

18. The filtering device according to claim 1, comprising:

a cleaning device for cleaning the filter and wherein the cleaning device is adapted to take into account the fibrotic capsula covering the cleaning device when implanted.

19. A filtering device for removing particles from a fluid of a patient, the filtering device being implantable in the patient'"'"'s body and comprising:

a tube forming a fluid passageway, and

an active filter connected to the tube for filtering any particles passing through the tube, wherein said filter is adapted to move any particles away from the fluid passageway, post-operatively, when the filter being implanted in the patient'"'"'s body, the active filter comprising a cassette for changing the filter and comprising a revolving cylinder revolving over the fluid passage way.

20. The device according to claim 19, wherein the revolving cylinder revolving over the fluid passage way comprises a number of segments, wherein segments are adapted to hold a filter.

21. The device according to claim 19, further comprising a magazine adapted to hold a number of cylinders.

22. The device according to claim 19, wherein the filtering device comprising an operation device, comprising a motor or pump.

23. A filtering device for removing particles from a fluid of a patient, the filtering device being implantable in the patient'"'"'s body and comprising:

a tube forming a fluid passageway, and

an active filter connected to the tube for filtering any particles passing through the tube, wherein said filter is adapted to move any particles away from the fluid passageway, post-operatively, when the filter being implanted in the patient'"'"'s body, the device comprising a cleaning device for cleaning the filter and wherein the filter comprises a rotating member, having segments arranged to catch particles, the rotating member being arranged to move the particles to a rim of the rotating member, wherein the filtering device comprising an operation device, comprising a motor or pump.

24. The device according to claim 23, wherein the motor or pump is powered by a power supply.