Abstract
A passive valve able to deliver a constant flow rate independently of inlet pressure changes is proposed. The valve, which comprises a hollow cylinder, a piston engraved with a helical groove, a sp...
Highlights
Passive flow control valves have several medical applications including diabetes care, pain management, immunotherapy, chemotherapy, anaesthesia and hydrocephalus treatment
The standard treatment of hydrocephalus, which is caused by a pathological accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain ventricles, is the placement of a valve that diverts this fluid from the brain to another location of the body, usually the peritoneal cavity, wherein the fluid is absorbed
A new passive valve able to drain at a constant flow rate independently of pressure changes is proposed in this article
Summary
Design and characterization of a passive flow control valve dedicated to the hydrocephalus treatment. Cogent Engineering , Cogent OA, 2016, 3 (1), 10.1080/23311916.2016.1247612. HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific research documents, whether they are published or not. The documents may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or from public or private research centers. L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires publics ou privés. Received: 29 August 2016 Accepted: 09 October 2016 First Published: 13 October 2016. Reviewing editor: Zhongmin Jin, Xian Jiao Tong University, China and Leeds University, UK
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