US Patent Issued to NEUROFLUIDICS on April 22 for "Cerebrospinal fluid purification system" (California, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,229, issued on April 22, was assigned to NEUROFLUIDICS INC. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Cerebrospinal fluid purification system" was invented by Shivanand Lad (Durham, N.C.), William C. Mobley (La Jolla, Calif.), Karoly Nikolich (Emerald Hill, Calif.) and Thomas Saul (El Granada, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides methods and systems for conditioning cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by removing target compounds from CSF. The systems provide for a catheter flow path and exchange of a majority volume portion of CSF in the CSF space. The removal and/or delivery of specific compounds can be tailored to the pathology of ...