AMBULATORY FLUID DRAINAGE AND COLLECTION DEVICE

• Main Authors: Nagel, Sean, Samorezov, Sergey
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 25.04.2024
• Subjects: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE

A valve assembly for controlled drainage or delivery of a fluid from or to a patient including an outlet, an inlet, a diaphragm chamber and a diaphragm dividing the diaphragm chamber into a first chamber cavity and a second chamber cavity. The diaphragm being deflectable toward a first wall of the diaphragm chamber wherein the first chamber cavity contracts and the second chamber cavity expands, and oppositely toward a second wall of the diaphragm chamber wherein the second chamber cavity contracts and the first chamber cavity expands. A plunger is translatable between a first actuation state that establishes fluid communication between the outlet and the second chamber cavity, and separately between the inlet and the first chamber cavity. The valve also having a second actuation state that establishes fluid communication between the outlet and the first chamber cavity, and separately between the inlet and the second chamber cavity.