US Patent Issued to Reprieve Cardiovascular on May 6 for "Method and system to monitor urine output and manage fluid retention in a patient" (New York, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,380, issued on May 6, was assigned to Reprieve Cardiovascular Inc. (Milford, Mass.).

"Method and system to monitor urine output and manage fluid retention in a patient" was invented by Howard Levin (Teaneck, N.Y.), Andrew Halpert (Brookline, Mass.) and Mark Gelfand (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method to treat patients suffering from fluid overload including: administrating a diuretic to the patient to increase urine output of the patient; monitoring intravascular volume of the patient; and maintaining the patient in a condition in which the intravascular volume is below a baseline intravascular volume and above a hemody...