ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,201, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Medical system for treating a left atrial appendage" was invented by Jeffrey E. Stahmann (Ramsey, Minn.), Bin Mi (Arden Hills, Minn.) and Keith R. Maile (New Brighton, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical system for monitoring a left atrial pressure in a heart of a patient may include an implantable device including an expandable framework and a first sensor secured to the expandable framework and an external component configured to communicate wirelessly with the implantable device. The first sensor may be configured to detect a fi...