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2. Cerebral shunt - Wikipedia

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   Contains two ball-valve units connected with a spring. Does not have an adjustable pressure setting. First mass-produced valve used to treat hydrocephalus in 1956. [5] Spitz-Holter Uses slits in silicone to avoid mechanical failure. [6] [7] Anti-siphon Prevents over drainage by preventing the siphon effect. The device closes when the pressure ...

3. Lumbar–peritoneal shunt - Wikipedia

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   Each of the types of shunts listed above can be composed of a tube or catheter and various types of valves, although they can just be composed of the tubing or catheter. Below is a list of valves that are used in lumbar–peritoneal shunts (LP shunts) and Cerebral shunts (for a more detailed list of the types of valves see type of valves): Delta

4. Atmospheric vacuum breaker - Wikipedia

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   It is usually constructed of brass and resembles a 90-degree elbow with a hood on its top to allow air to enter the water system if a siphon attempts to form. Inside this elbow is a poppet valve that is held "up" by the water pressure found in the system, closing the air entrance to the device. If the pressure in the "upstream side" is reduced ...

5. Siphon - Wikipedia

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   An anti-siphon valve is also required here to prevent pressure drops in the water supply line from suctioning water out of the toilet tank (which may contain additives such as "toilet blue" [53]) and contaminating the water system. Anti-siphon valves function as a one-direction check valve. Anti-siphon valves are also used medically.

6. Vacuum breaker - Wikipedia

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   A vacuum breaker is a device that prevents water from being siphoned backward in a direction it is not desired to go. They are commonly placed on a bibcock valve or toilet or urinal flush valve, in which application they can prevent hose or drainage water from back-siphoning into the public drinking water system.

7. Canal pipe breaks, threatening a northern Montana irrigation ...

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   The pipes, which were built between 1912 and 1926, are part of a siphon system to carry St. Mary River water across a ravine over the river and uphill to another canal that feeds it into the North ...