US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on May 6 for "Multiple pump system for inflatable penile prosthesis" (Dutch, Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,441, issued on May 6, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Multiple pump system for inflatable penile prosthesis" was invented by Jan Weber (Maastricht, Netherlands) and Noel Smith (County Kilkenny, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an aspect, an inflatable penile prosthesis includes a fluid reservoir configured to hold fluid, an inflatable member, and a pump assembly configured to transfer the fluid from the fluid reservoir to the inflatable member during an inflation cycle. The pump assembly includes a first pump configured to inject the fluid into the inflatable member according to...