ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,922, issued on June 17, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"System and method for monitoring and controlling intrauterine pressure using a pressure cuff" was invented by Jordan A. Whisler (Brookline, Mass.) and Nikolai D. Begg (Wellesley, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of determining a pressure of a body cavity with a controller of a fluid management system includes determining a pressure and a volume of a cuff disposed about a collapsible bag, determining a volume of the collapsible bag based on the pressure and the volume of the cuff, and determining a pressure of the collapsible bag based on the volume ...