ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,674, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Inspire M.D Ltd. (Tel Aviv, Israel).
"Shunts with blood-flow indicators" was invented by Jesse Drake (Westborough, Mass.), Justin McCarthy (Northborough, Mass.) and Itshak Cohen (Ramat Hasharon, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for shunting blood includes a flow-indication chamber shaped to define an entry port and an exit port, and one or more moveable objects disposed within the flow-indication chamber and configured to move in response to a flowing of the blood from the entry port to the exit port. At least a portion of a wall of the flow-indication chamber is transparent s...