Patent ID: 9724501
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61M

Claim:
1. A shunt configured for being deployed in an inferior petrosal sinus (IPS) of a patient, the shunt comprising: a distal portion configured for being introduced into, and disposed within, a cerebellopontine (CP) angle cistern of the patient via the IPS, the CP angle cistern containing cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); a proximal portion configured for being disposed within or proximate to a jugular vein (JV) of the patient; and a lumen extending from the distal portion to the proximal portion, wherein the lumen is in fluid communication with one or more CSF intake openings in the distal portion, and with a CSF outflow opening in the proximal portion, such that, when the shunt is deployed in the IPS with the distal portion of the shunt disposed within the CP angle cistern and the proximal portion of the shunt disposed within or proximate to the JV, CSF flows from the CP angle cistern through the one or more CSF intake openings, shunt lumen, and CSF outflow opening, respectively, into the JV.