Valve mechanism for flow regulation in a shunt
Valve mechanism for flow regulation in a shunt
An apparatus for shunting blood includes a flow-indication chamber shaped to define an entry port and an exit port, one or more moveable objects 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 moveable objects to sight, a pushable element passing through a wall of the flow-indication chamber and configured to cover a port selected from the group consisting of: the entry port and the exit port, upon being pushed into the flow-indication chamber, and a spring coupled to the pushable element and to an inner wall of the flow-indication chamber, and configured to inhibit the pushable element from covering the port in an absence of any pushing force applied to the pushable element.