US Patent Issued on Aug. 5 for "Apparatus for minimally-invasive prevention and treatment of hydrocephalus and method for use of same" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,250, issued on Aug. 5.

"Apparatus for minimally-invasive prevention and treatment of hydrocephalus and method for use of same" was invented by Frederick H. Sklar (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for minimally-invasive, including non-invasive, prevention and/or treatment of hydrocephalus and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the apparatus, a housing is sized for superjacent contact with a skull having a fontanel. Within the housing, a compartment includes a pressure applicator, such as a fluid-filled bladder, under the control of a pressure regulator. The pressure applicator is configured...