Implantable flow connector
First Claim
1. An implantable flow connector implantable into a body of a patient for fluidly coupling a first space within the body with a second space within the body, the implantable flow connector comprising:
- a conduit having a lumen having a first orifice at a first portion of the conduit and a second orifice at a second portion of the conduit, the conduit configured to be implanted into the second space within the body to provide communication between the first and second spaces within the body; and
a flange radially extending from the first portion of the conduit and having an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface facing the conduit, the flange configured to be implanted in the first space within the body, the flange having first and second longitudinal sections extending on first and second opposing sides of the conduit and first and second lateral sections extending on third and fourth opposing sides of the conduit, the flange further having an inner section and a contiguous outer section, the inner section being closer to the conduit from which the flange extends than the outer section is to the conduit from which the flange extends, wherein the outer section of the flange is more flexible than the inner section of the flange, and the longitudinal sections pre-formed at an upward angle from the inner section to the outer section.
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Abstract
An implantable flow connector for fluidically coupling a source tissue-enclosed body space with a destination element, comprising: a conduit having a lumen terminating at an orifice at a first end of the conduit implantable in the source body space through an opening formed in a tissue wall of the source body space, and a second end of the conduit implantable in the destination element through an opening in a surface of the destination element; and a circumferential flange, radially extending from the conduit proximate the conduit first end, configured to be implanted in the source body space adjacent an opening in the tissue wall of the source body space such that the conduit extends through the opening, the flange comprising one or more circumferentially adjacent sections at least one of which has a rigidity that decreases in a radially-increasing direction.
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17 Claims
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1. An implantable flow connector implantable into a body of a patient for fluidly coupling a first space within the body with a second space within the body, the implantable flow connector comprising:
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a conduit having a lumen having a first orifice at a first portion of the conduit and a second orifice at a second portion of the conduit, the conduit configured to be implanted into the second space within the body to provide communication between the first and second spaces within the body; and a flange radially extending from the first portion of the conduit and having an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface facing the conduit, the flange configured to be implanted in the first space within the body, the flange having first and second longitudinal sections extending on first and second opposing sides of the conduit and first and second lateral sections extending on third and fourth opposing sides of the conduit, the flange further having an inner section and a contiguous outer section, the inner section being closer to the conduit from which the flange extends than the outer section is to the conduit from which the flange extends, wherein the outer section of the flange is more flexible than the inner section of the flange, and the longitudinal sections pre-formed at an upward angle from the inner section to the outer section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An implantable flow connector implantable into the body of a patient for fluidly coupling a first space with the body with a second space within the body, the implantable flow connector comprising:
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a conduit having a lumen, a first orifice at a first portion of the conduit and a second orifice at a second portion of the conduit, the conduit configured to be implanted into the second body space to provide communication between the first and second spaces within the body; and a flange radially extending from the first portion of the conduit, the flange having an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface facing the conduit, the flange configured to be implanted in the first space within the body, the flange having an outer section, an inner section, first and second longitudinal sections extending on first and second opposing sides of the conduit and first and second lateral sections extending on third and fourth opposing sides of the conduit, the inner section being closer to the conduit from which the flange extends than the outer section is from the conduit from which the flange extends, wherein the inner section of the flange includes a reinforcement region to render the inner section of the flange less deflectable, and the longitudinal sections pre-formed at an upward angle from the inner section to the outer section. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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