Low profile neonatal hydrocephalus device and methods
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Feb 27, 2001
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Mar 16, 1998
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Disclosed is a medical device for draining fluid which includes a shell made of a flexible, resilient material. The shell has an aerofoil-like shape with opposed ends and an anterior cavity and a posterior cavity separated by a partition wall. An inlet tube has a first end in communication with the fluid and a second end in communication with anterior cavity and an outlet tube has a first end in communication the posterior cavity and a second end from which the fluid is drained. A one-way directional flow valve is housed within the posterior cavity and it has an inlet end connected to the partition wall which is in communication with the anterior cavity and an outlet end in communication with the posterior cavity.
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