Patent ID: 8043247

Claim:
A shunt for transport of cerebrospinal fluid from a spinal subarachnoid space of a spine to an epidural space of the spine, the shunt comprising in combination: a cerebrospinal fluid inlet; a cerebrospinal fluid outlet; a walled fluid pathway between said cerebrospinal fluid inlet and said cerebrospinal fluid outlet; said walled fluid pathway coupling said cerebrospinal fluid inlet to said cerebrospinal fluid outlet with a spacing between said cerebrospinal fluid inlet and said cerebrospinal fluid outlet sufficient to allow said cerebrospinal fluid inlet to be placed within the subarachnoid space of the spine and for the cerebrospinal fluid outlet to be placed within the epidural space of the spine; a flow controller on said fluid pathway and adapted to control flow between said cerebrospinal fluid inlet and said cerebrospinal fluid outlet; an anchor coupled to said walled fluid pathway; said anchor adapted to be affixed to an anatomical structure proximate to the spine; and said cerebrospinal fluid inlet and said cerebrospinal fluid outlet located on a common side of said anchor.