ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,235,172, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Implantable device including pressure sensor" was invented by Bernhard Gleich (Hamburg, Germany) and Juergen Erwin Rahmer (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The application describes devices, systems and methods related to an implantable device that is a stent or a heart valve. The implantable device includes a pressure sensor. The implantable device is for being introduced into a subject and for being wirelessly read out by an outside reading system. The pressure sensor comprises a casing with a diffusion blocking layer for main...