US Patent Issued to Medtronic Europe Sarl on Jan. 20 for "Inflatable bone tamp and method for use of inflatable bone tamp" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,611, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Medtronic Europe Sarl (Tolochenaz, Switzerland).

"Inflatable bone tamp and method for use of inflatable bone tamp" was invented by Calin Druma (San Jose, Calif.) and Asha Sharma (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inflatable bone tamp including a first balloon portion and a second balloon portion is provided. Each of the first balloon portion and the second balloon portion include interior cavities that can be filled with liquid, and these interior cavities communicate with one another via a valve. The valve can limit or restrict flow of the liquid between the cavities. As such,...