US Patent Issued to Cerevasc on Dec. 2 for "Systems and methods for endovascularly accessing a subarachnoid space" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,256, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Cerevasc Inc. (Auburndale, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for endovascularly accessing a subarachnoid space" was invented by Adel M. Malek (Weston, Mass.), Carl Heilman (Wayland, Mass.), David A. Rezac (Westborough, Mass.), Jack B. Sattell (Boston) and Anthony Maiorano (Jamaica Plain, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for implanting an endovascular shunt in a patient is disclosed. The system having an expandable anchor configured for being deployed in a dural venous sinus of a patient at a location distal to a curved portion of a wall of an inferior petrosal sinus (IPS) of th...