US Patent Issued to Microtech Medical Technologies on Nov. 18 for "Method of detecting portal and/or hepatic pressure and a portal hypertension monitoring system" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,789, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Microtech Medical Technologies Ltd. (Tel Aviv, Israel).

"Method of detecting portal and/or hepatic pressure and a portal hypertension monitoring system" was invented by Yoram Richter (Ramat Hasharon, Israel), Eric S. Tammam (Modiin, Israel) and Shahar Even-Dar Mandel (Tel Aviv, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The devices and methods generally relate to vibratable sensors for measuring ambient fluid pressure, in particular implantable sensors. The devices and methods are suited to implantation within the body to monitor physiological conditions, such as portal and/or hepatic venous blood p...