ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,624, issued on June 17, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Inflatable medical implant having a pressure monitor" was invented by Richard E. Johnson (New Prague, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an aspect, an apparatus includes a bodily implant configured to be implanted into a body of a patient, the implant including an inflatable member and a sending unit, the sending unit having a sensor configured to sense the pressure of the inflation member; and a reading unit, the reading unit configured to be disposed outside of the body of the patient and configured to operatively communicate...