EP 1253955 A1 20021106 - DEVICES AND METHODS FOR REMOVING CEREBROSPINAL FLUIDS FROM A PATIENT'S CSF SPACE
Title (en)
DEVICES AND METHODS FOR REMOVING CEREBROSPINAL FLUIDS FROM A PATIENT'S CSF SPACE
Title (de)
VORRICHTUNGEN UND VERFAHREN ZUR ENTFERRUNG VON CEREBROSPINALFLUSSIGHEIT AUS DEM CSF RAUM EINES PATIENTEN
Title (fr)
DISPOSITIFS ET PROCEDES D'ENLEVEMENT DE LIQUIDE CEPHALO-RACHIDIEN D'UN ESPACE CSF D'UN PATIENT
Publication
Application
Priority
US 0002367 W 20000127
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO0154752A1] Devices and methods for removing cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from a CSF space of a patient at relatively constant flow rates for patients having normal intracranial pressures, e.g. patients not suffering from hydrocephalus. The devices and methods provide drainage paths which permit the removal of CSF at relatively low flow rates, usually below 0.2 ml/min, at normal intracranial pressures, e.g. an intracranial pressure between -170 mm of H20 in upright patients and 200 mm of H20 in reclining patients. The removal of CSF at relatively low, constant rates is particularly suitable for treating Alzheimer's disease and other conditions related to the presence of toxic and/or pathogenic substances in the CSF.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 27/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
A61M 27/006 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 0154752 A1 20010802; EP 1253955 A1 20021106; EP 1253955 A4 20060719; JP 2003520647 A 20030708
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 0002367 W 20000127; EP 00907085 A 20000127; JP 2001554735 A 20000127