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Systems, devices, and methods including infection-fighting and monitoring shunts

US9687670B2 · kind B2 · utility

11Cited by

155References

32Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Gearbox, Inc.

Inventors

Ralph G. Dacey, Jr. · Chesterfield, US
Roderick A. Hyde · Redmond, US
Muriel Y. Ishikawa · Livermore, US
Jordin T. Kare · Seattle, US
Eric C. Leuthardt · Chesterfield, US
Nathan P. Myhrvold · Bellevue, US
Dennis J. Rivet · Chesapeake, US
Michael A. Smith · Phoenix, US
Elizabeth A. Sweeney · Seattle, US
Clarence T. Tegreene · Bellevue, US
Lowell L. Wood, JR. · Bellevue, US
Victoria Y.H. Wood · Livermore, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 21, 2010
Grant date	Jun 27, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 13, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N2005/0661
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Systems, devices, methods, and compositions are described for providing an actively controllable shunt configured to, for example, monitor, treat, or prevent an infection.

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