US Patent Issued to THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION on Sept. 22 for "Systems and methods for draining cerebrospinal fluid" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,805, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (University Park, Panama).

"Systems and methods for draining cerebrospinal fluid" was invented by Elias Rizk (University Park, Pa.) and Sprague W. Hazard III (University Park, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implant system can include a body defining a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The body can include an exterior surface including threads. The implant system can include a needle coupled to the body and extending past the second end of the body. The body can be configured to be driven into an opening in a bone to place the implant ...