Patent ID: 7223257
Filing Date: 2007-05-29
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. An implantable vascular device comprising: a hollow cylindrical device body having a pair of hollow nipples, extending from the exterior of the valve body and in fluid communication with the interior space of the device body, the device body further having a passageway between the exterior of the inner core and the interior of the device body; rotatable cylindrical inner core positioned within the device body between a first positon and a second position, said inner core further including: a single channel passing through the inner core that positions the opposed nipples in fluid communication with each other, when the inner core is in the first position; a pair of openings; a first pair of conduits within the inner core each in fluid communication with the pair first openings in the inner core, when the inner core is in the first position, the first pair of conduits being further defined as being in fluid communication between said pair of first openings and hollow nipples when the inner core is in the second position; and a second pair of conduits within the inner core, each in communication with a second pair of openings within the inner core, the second pair of conduits also being joined in fluid communication by the passageway of the device body when the inner core is in the second position.