US Patent Issued to The Penn State Research Foundation on Dec. 30 for "Surgical method, device, system and kit for the treatment of hydrocephalus" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,405, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pa.).

"Surgical method, device, system and kit for the treatment of hydrocephalus" was invented by Barry M. Fell (Hummelstown, Pa.), Randy S. Haluck (Lititz, Pa.), Sprague W. Hazard III (Hummelstown, Pa.) and Elias B. Rizk (Harrisburg, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, devices, systems, and/or kits that encompass various components for accessing cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in a CSF containing space of a subject to drain the CSF into a dural venous sinus (DVS) of the subject via a single cranial hole are disclosed herein. The described...