ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,943, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Medtronic PS Medical Inc. (Minneapolis).
"System and method for a valve" was invented by Cong Fan (Shanghai), Yong Feng (Shanghai), Jeff William Bertrand (Irvine, Calif.), Lori C. Speckman (Irvine, Calif.), Lawrence L. Hampton (Irvine, Calif.) and Zhihua Luo (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a system including a flow regulating system. The flow regulating system may assist in ensuring a selected pressure within an inlet volume. The flow regulator may be included in a shunt assembly."
The patent was filed on Oct. 28, 2020, under Application No. 18/027,854.
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