Patent ID: 8961446
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
1. An implantable flow connector implantable into a body of a patient for fluidly coupling a first space within the body with a second space within the body, the implantable flow connector comprising: a conduit having a lumen having a first orifice at a first portion of the conduit and a second orifice at a second portion of the conduit, the conduit configured to be implanted into the second space within the body to provide communication between the first and second spaces within the body; and a flange radially extending from the first portion of the conduit and having an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface facing the conduit, the flange configured to be implanted in the first space within the body, the flange having 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 flange further having an inner section and a contiguous outer section, the inner section being closer to the conduit from which the flange extends than the outer section is to the conduit from which the flange extends, wherein the outer section of the flange is more flexible than the inner section of the flange, and the longitudinal sections pre-formed at an upward angle from the inner section to the outer section.