Patents Assigned to Conceptek Corporation
  • Controller valve device and method
    Patent number: 5509888
    Abstract: Device and method for regulating fluid flow within the human body includes small electromagnetic devices embedded in an inner housing of the present device that function under the control of a programmable control unit to create small magnetic fields which cause an artificial increase in the viscosity and apparent density of a magnetorheological fluid located in a compartment surrounding the structure through which fluid flow is to be controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1996
    Assignee: Conceptek Corporation
    Inventor: Paul L. Miller