US Patent Issued to Dignity Health, Texas A&M University on Dec. 9 for "Systems and associated methods for improved interrogation of shunt functionality" (California, Arizona, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,348, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Dignity Health (San Francisco) and Texas A&M University (College Station, Texas).

"Systems and associated methods for improved interrogation of shunt functionality" was invented by Randall W. Porter (Phoenix), Clinton D. Morgan II (San Francisco), Michael Mooney (San Francisco) and Sung Il Park (College Station, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of a system for improved interrogation of shunt functionality are disclosed. The system includes a fluid flow detector having a microfluidic chamber configured for receiving the passage of bodily fluid flow. The fluid flow detector generate...