Drainage device comprising a filter cleaning device
OwnerPeter Forsellinventor
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Abstract
A method for removing particles from a bodily fluid in a patient with a filtering device, the filtering device being implantable in the patient's body and the method comprising the steps: pass bodily fluid of the patient through a tube forming a main fluid, filtering the bodily fluid passing through said main fluid passageway with a filter connected to the tube, collecting particles in the bodily fluid to be removed passing through the tube, and cleaning the filter with a filter cleaning device by removing particles collected by the filter out of the fluid passageway.
Claims17
A method for removing particles from a bodily fluid in a patient with a filtering device, the filtering device being implantable in the patient's body, the method comprising:
- passing bodily fluid of the patient through a tube forming a main fluid passageway,
- filtering the bodily fluid passing through said main fluid passageway with a filter connected to the tube,
- collecting particles from the bodily fluid using said filter, and
- cleaning the filter with a filter cleaning device by removing particles collected by the filter from the fluid passageway.
A method of controlling a filtering apparatus comprising a filtering device for postoperatively and noninvasively removing particles from a bodily fluid in a patient, the method comprising:
- moving particles, which have been accumulated in the filtering device
- away from the fluid passageway, and
- transporting the particles away from the filtering device.
A method of implanting a filtering apparatus for removing particles from a bodily fluid in a patient, the method comprising:
- cutting the patient's skin,
- dissecting a placement area in the abdomen or thorax or cephalic region retroperitoneal or subcutaneously or any limb of the patient,
- placing a postoperatively and non-invasively operated filtering device in the placement area, such that filtered particles can be removed from the filtering device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.