Patent ID: 9662479
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61M

Claim:
1. A method for treating hydrocephalus using a shunt, the shunt comprising one or more cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) intake openings in a distal portion of the shunt, a valve disposed in a proximal portion of the shunt, and a lumen extending between the one or more CSF intake openings and the valve, the method comprising: deploying the shunt in a body of a patient so that the distal portion of the shunt is at least partially disposed within a cerebellopontine (CP) angle cistern of the patient, a body of the shunt is at least partially disposed within an inferior petrosal sinus (IPS) of the patient, and the proximal portion of the shunt is at least partially disposed within or proximate to a jugular vein (JV) of the patient, wherein, after deployment of the shunt, CSF flows from the CP angle cistern to the JV via the shunt lumen at a flow rate in a range of 5 ml per hour to 15 ml per hour.