Patent ID: 9675786
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: A61M

Claim:
1. A system for transferring fluid from a patient's brain, said system comprising: (a) a skull port piece having a lumen, and (b) a device having a tubular body with a longitudinal axis, which body has (i) a first section having a first end and a second end at opposite ends of said longitudinal axis and a transverse axis expandable from a first diameter to a second, larger diameter, (ii) a second section extending from said first section along said longitudinal axis, and having a first end and a second end having respective diameters, wherein (A) said first end of said second section is connected to said second end of said first section of said body and has a diameter larger than that of the diameter of said second end of said second section, and (B) said second end of said second section is adapted to be received into said lumen of said skull port piece, to lock said device to said skull port piece, or both, and (iii) a lumen extending through said device and disposed so that when said second end of said second section is received into said skull port piece or locked thereto or both, said lumen of said device is fluidly connected to said lumen of said skull port piece.