US Patent Issued to 3VO Medical on May 27 for "Intrauterine access catheter for delivering and facilitating operation of a medical apparatus for assisting parturition" (California, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,733, issued on May 27, was assigned to 3VO Medical Inc. (Los Angeles).

"Intrauterine access catheter for delivering and facilitating operation of a medical apparatus for assisting parturition" was invented by Ed Chinchoy (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.), James Kelley (Coon Rapids, Minn.) and Jay Snell (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for augmenting uterine forces includes a medical apparatus having a balloon body that transitions between a compacted state and an expanded state, a catheter that receives the medical apparatus and obtains electrical signals indicative of intrinsic uterine contractions, and a controller ...