US Patent Issued to Covidien on July 29 for "Systems and methods for measuring and controlling pressure within an internal body cavity" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,329, issued on July 29, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for measuring and controlling pressure within an internal body cavity" was invented by Jason S. Minahan (Wilmington, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes an endoscope configured for insertion into an internal body cavity and a fluid management system. The fluid management system includes a pump configured to pump fluid through the endoscope into the internal body cavity and a controller configured to determine a pressure within the internal body cavity based upon a current feedback signal received from the pump. A method inc...