US Patent Issued on Sept. 22 for "Venous valve apparatuses and methods for controlling blood flow" (Missouri Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,788, issued on Sept. 22.

"Venous valve apparatuses and methods for controlling blood flow" was invented by Justin D'Addario (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Valve apparatuses and methods are provided for controlling blood flow in a vein of an individual. One example valve apparatus includes at least one valve member configured to be positioned adjacent to an exterior surface of a vein of an individual and outside of a lumen of the vein, at least one sensor configured to be positioned adjacent to the exterior surface of the vein, and a controller configured to receive, from the at least one sensor, a signal representing one ...