Patent ID: 8690816
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
1. An implantable flow connector for fluidically coupling a tissue-enclosed source body space with a destination element, comprising: a conduit having a lumen terminating at an orifice at a first end of the conduit implantable in the source body space through an opening formed in a tissue wall of the source body space, and a second end of the conduit implantable in the destination element through an opening in a surface of the destination element; and a circumferential flexible flange, radially extending from the conduit proximate the conduit first end, configured to be implanted in the source body space adjacent an opening in the tissue wall of the source body space such that the conduit extends through the opening, the flange comprising first and second longitudinal sections extending on first and second opposing sides of the conduit and first and second lateral sections extending on third and fourth opposing sides of the conduit, the longitudinal and lateral sections each having an inner section closer to the conduit and an outer section positioned radially outward of the inner section and further from the conduit than the inner section, wherein adjacent lateral and longitudinal sections are joined at the outer sections to form a continuous flange with a continuous outer edge, the lateral sections configured to extend around a longitudinal axis of the source body space and configured to cooperate with the walls of the body space such that the flange sealingly conforms to an inner surface of the tissue wall adjacent the opening in the body space.