Medical shunts
AssigneeThe Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
InventorsKunj Raju Sheth, James K. Wall, Yair Blumenfeld, Eric Johnson, Enrico Danzer
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Abstract
A medical device includes: an elongated member having a first end, a second end, and a body extending between the first end and the second end; a first anchor coupled to the first end of the elongated member; and a second anchor coupled to the second end of the elongated member; wherein the elongated member is configured for placement across an abdominal wall of a fetus, and wherein the elongated member is elastically stretchable to accommodate for a growing thickness of the abdominal wall of the fetus.
Claims20
A medical device, comprising:
- an elongated member having a first end, a second end, and a body extending between the first end and the second end;
- a first anchor coupled to the first end of the elongated member;
- and
- a second anchor coupled to the second end of the elongated member;
- wherein the elongated member is configured for placement across an abdominal wall of a fetus, and wherein the elongated member is elastically stretchable to accommodate for a growing thickness of the abdominal wall of the fetus.
A medical device, comprising:
- an elongated member having a first end, a second end, and a body extending between the first end and the second end;
- a first anchor coupled to the first end of the elongated member;
- and
- a one-way valve located in a lumen of the elongated member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.