US Patent Issued to Oaya on Sept. 29 for "Dynamically controlled cerebrospinal fluid shunt" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,377, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Oaya Inc. (Seattle).

"Dynamically controlled cerebrospinal fluid shunt" was invented by Samuel Robert Browd (Mercer Island, Wash.), Ryan J. Douglas (Seattle), Aaron Olafur Laurence Philippsen (Victoria, Canada) and Mark Drlik (Victoria, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and associated methods relate to smart shunt systems. In an illustrative example, a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt system includes an interface module and conduit(s) configured to provide selective fluid communication between a brain ventricle(s) and at least one reservoir. The interface module may be operably c...