ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,341, issued on July 29, was assigned to PAMAROPE PTY Ltd. (Adelaide, Australia).

"Pessary system and method for pelvic floor ligament support" was invented by Peter Emmanuel Petros (Elizabeth Bay, Australia) and Paul Andrew Zadow (Allenby Gardens, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pessary system for providing pelvic floor support for USL and other ligaments. The pessary has an elongated probe with independently inflatable balloons each located substantially the same distance from the insertion end of the probe and which inflate into separate radial sectors. The probe can be inserted into a vaginal cavity and the balloons inf...