US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on July 15 for "Fluid management system and method for controlling intracavity pressure" (Irish, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,755, issued on July 15, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Fluid management system and method for controlling intracavity pressure" was invented by Leah Fanning (Clonmel, Ireland), Paul Byrne (Kilkenny, Ireland), Niraj Prasad Rauniyar (Plymouth, Minn.), Evan Gyllenhaal (Sudbury, Mass.), Vivek Shah (Reading, Mass.), Nishant Khattar (White Bear Township, Minn.) and Noel Smith (County Kilkenny, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid management system may include an inflow pump configured to pump fluid from a fluid supply source to a treatment site within a patient at a flow rate; and a controlle...