Patent ID: 7582068

Claim:
An occlusion resistant medical shunt for at least partial implantation into a patient, said shunt comprising an elongated conduit having a lumen therethrough, a proximal end for receipt of bodily fluids for flow through said shunt and a distal end for discharge of said bodily fluids from said shunt, a plurality of apertures at the proximal end of said shunt, said shunt further including one or more occlusion-resistant materials distributed in one or more separate agent delivery device(s) contained within the lumen of said shunt; wherein said agent delivery device is not coated on, or impregnated in, the shunt wall, and wherein said agent delivery device(s) is selected from the group consisting of spheres, inserts, eluting plugs, seeds, elongated members and combinations thereof, and wherein the one or more occlusion-resistant materials are released internally from said agent delivery devices to resist occlusion of the lumen of the shunt.