US Patent Issued on Oct. 27 for "Self-adjusting hydrocephalus valve" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,538, issued on Oct. 27.

"Self-adjusting hydrocephalus valve" was invented by Carlos A. Hakim (Coconut Grove, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method of accurately measuring a pressure (Pp) within a human brain using totally-implanted or partially-external hardware. The system includes a first pressure transducer configured to measure a cerebrospinal fluid pressure (Pcsf) within a ventricle of a brain, a second pressure transducer configured to indirectly measure a second pressure (Pp) within a space of the brain, and an adjustable implanted valve controller configured to calculate the effective differential pressure (...