ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,825, issued on May 13.
"Implantable medical system" was invented by Mohammad Sufyan (New Delhi), Rajeev Malhotra (Newton, Mass.), Lee Richstone (New York) and Manish Vira (New York).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable system for managing urinary incontinence includes a sling with an elongate body member having a proximal portion, a distal portion and an intermediate portion. The intermediate portion is configured to be positioned underneath urethra of a subject for providing an adequate support to prevent leakage of urine during a stress event. A pressure sensor communicatively coupled with the elongated body member is confi...