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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2020
Applicants:
Dignity Health, San Francisco, CA (US);
Texas A&m University, College Station, TX (US);
Inventors:
Randall W. Porter, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Clinton D. Morgan, Ii, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Mooney, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sung Il Park, College Station, TX (US);
Assignees:
Dignity Health, San Francisco, CA (US);
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 27/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/053 (2021.01); A61N 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 27/006 (2013.01); A61B 5/0022 (2013.01); A61B 5/0031 (2013.01); A61B 5/053 (2013.01); A61N 1/205 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0247 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of a system for improved interrogation of shunt functionality are disclosed. The system includes a fluid flow detector having a microfluidic chamber configured for receiving the passage of bodily fluid flow. The fluid flow detector generates measurements and other data and provides wireless access to the same.