The corpus · Flow Control & Surgical Navigation

System and method for valve control

US12059542B2 · filed 2020-07-31 · granted 2024-08-13 · Medtronic PS Medical, Inc. notable

Abstract T1 · from the patent

Disclosed is a system including a flow control assembly. The system may include a flow regulating shunt system, for various purposes such as use as a hydrocephalus shunt. The flow control assembly may be controlled according to selected parameters and methods, including controlling a microelectromechanical (MEMS) system to control a pressure in the flow control assembly.

Why it ranks where it does

Valve-control continuation.

Signals: 2-grant family chain · see methodology.

Inventors

Jemmy Sutanto, David A. Ruben, James Wasson, Shilpika Chowdhury, Mark E. Henschel

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