US Patent Issued to Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Feb. 17 for "Cerebrospinal fluid space draining catheters" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,670, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Cerebrospinal fluid space draining catheters" was invented by Lydia Bourouiba (Cambridge, Mass.), Sungkwon Lee (Cambridge, Mass.) and Thomas Heldt (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ventricular catheters and their methods of use are disclosed. In some embodiments, the disclosed ventricular catheters may reduce, or substantially prevent, obstruction of the catheter by astrocytes or other brain tissue due to adhesion and/or growth within the catheter. For example, in some embodiments, the holes and internal lumen of a ventri...