US Patent Issued to Ecp Entwicklungsgesellschaft Mbh on Sept. 1 for "Catheter device, comprising a valve for controlling a fluid flow through a catheter" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,990, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Ecp Entwicklungsgesellschaft Mbh (Aachen, Germany).

"Catheter device, comprising a valve for controlling a fluid flow through a catheter" was invented by Reiner Liebing (Aachen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve is provided for controlling a fluid flow, in particular through a catheter. The valve has a valve control chamber into which an inlet opening of an inlet channel and an outlet opening of an outlet channel open. The valve, further has a closure element which can be moved in the valve control chamber in a controlled manner and which, in at least a first position, closes the o...