US 12,465,674 B2
Shunts with blood-flow indicators
Jesse Drake, Westborough, MA (US); Justin McCarthy, Northborough, MA (US); and Itshak Cohen, Ramat Hasharon (IL)
Assigned to Inspire M.D Ltd., Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed by Inspire M.D Ltd., Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed on Oct. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/491,834.
Application 18/491,834 is a continuation of application No. 17/576,953, filed on Jan. 16, 2022, granted, now 11,844,893.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/138,451, filed on Jan. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0042117 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. A61M 1/36 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 1/3655 (2013.01) [A61M 1/3663 (2013.01); A61M 1/3673 (2014.02)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Apparatus for shunting blood, the apparatus comprising:
a flow-indication chamber shaped to define an entry port and an exit port; and
one or more beads, at least one of which comprises multiple faces, disposed within the flow-indication chamber and configured to move in response to a flowing of the blood from the entry port to the exit port,
at least a portion of a wall of the flow-indication chamber being transparent so as to expose the one or more beads to sight.