ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,295, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to CereVasc Inc. (Charlestown, Mass.).
"Methods and systems for draining cerebrospinal fluid into the venous system" was invented by Carl Heilman (Wayland, Mass.), Adel M. Malek (Weston, Mass.), David A. Rezac (Westborough, Mass.), Timothy W. Robinson (Sandown, N.H.) and Joseph Ting (Auburndale, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shunt and methods for treating hydrocephalus using the shunt, the shunt having one or more CSF intake openings and an expandable anchoring mechanism in a distal portion, one or more CSF outflow openings disposed in a proximal portion, and a lumen extending between the...