US 11,793,916 B2
Systems and methods for fluid management
Thomas Werner Degen, Birmensdorf (CH); Daniel Thomas Thommen, Steinhausen (CH); and Noel L. Johnson, Saratoga, CA (US)
Assigned to Sequana Medical NV, Sint-Denijs Westrem (BE)
Filed by Sequana Medical NV, Zwijnaarde (BE)
Filed on Feb. 6, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/784,106.
Application 16/784,106 is a continuation of application No. 15/965,727, filed on Apr. 27, 2018, granted, now 10,569,003, issued on Feb. 25, 2020.
Application 15/965,727 is a continuation of application No. 14/077,005, filed on Nov. 11, 2013, granted, now 9,956,336, issued on May 1, 2018.
Application 14/077,005 is a continuation of application No. 13/397,498, filed on Feb. 15, 2012, granted, now 8,585,635, issued on Nov. 19, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2020/0188569 A1, Jun. 18, 2020
Int. Cl. A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 1/28 (2006.01); A61M 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 1/28 (2013.01) [A61M 1/1676 (2014.02); A61M 1/285 (2013.01); A61M 1/287 (2013.01); A61M 2205/04 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3523 (2013.01); A61M 2205/50 (2013.01); A61M 2205/52 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8206 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8243 (2013.01); A61M 2209/088 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of managing fluid in a patient, the method comprising:
inductively charging, by an external device through skin of the patient, an implanted device within the patient that is configured to transport fluid from a peritoneal cavity of the patient to a bladder of the patient;
receiving, by the external device, an instruction from a remote computer to cause the implanted device to control transportation of the fluid from the peritoneal cavity to the bladder of the patient;
wirelessly transmitting, by the external device through the skin of the patient, the instruction to the implanted device;
wirelessly receiving, by the external device through the skin of the patient, information from the implanted device;
saving, by the external device, the information from the implanted device locally on the external device; and
transmitting, by the external device, after saving the information locally on the external device the information to the remote computer.