Systems and methods for draining cerebrospinal fluid
AssigneeThe Penn State Research Foundation
InventorsElias RIZK, Sprague W. HAZARD, III
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Abstract
An implant system can include a body defining a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The body can include an exterior surface including threads. The implant system can include a needle coupled to the body and extending past the second end of the body. The body can be configured to be driven into an opening in a bone to place the implant into the bone, thereby securing the implant to the bone. The body can be configured to be driven into the opening in the bone such that the needle pierces a tissue adjacent to the bone, thereby placing an end of the needle into an anatomical cavity.
Claims30
An implant system comprising:
- an implant comprising a body defining a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the body including an exterior surface including threads;
- and
- a needle removably coupled to the body and extending past the second end of the body,
- the body being configured to be driven into an opening in a bone to place the implant into the bone, thereby securing the implant to the bone, and
- the body being configured to be driven into the opening in the bone such that the needle pierces a tissue adjacent to the bone thereby placing an end of the needle into an anatomical cavity.
An implant method comprising:
- driving a body of an implant into an opening in a bone to place the implant into the bone, thereby securing the implant to the bone,
- the implant comprising a body defining a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the body including an exterior surface including threads, and
- a needle removably coupled to the body and extending past the second end of the body;
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- piercing, with the needle by driving the body into the opening in the bone, a tissue adjacent to the bone thereby placing an end of the needle into an anatomical cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.