DRAINAGE DEVICE COMPRISING AN ACTIVE FILTER
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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,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, when the filter being implanted in the patients body.
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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.
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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:
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a tube forming a fluid passageway, 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, when the filter being implanted in the patients body. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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