ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,464, issued on March 4, was assigned to Sentinel Medical Technologies LLC (Boca Raton, Fla.).
"Catheter for monitoring pressure" was invented by Timothy McKinney (Boca Raton, Fla.) and Marc-Alan Levine (Pottstown, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter insertable into a cavity of a patient for monitoring pressure including a first lumen for drainage from the cavity and an expandable balloon. The balloon has a liquid containing chamber to monitor pressure within the cavity of the patient as pressure on the outer wall of the balloon deforms the balloon and compresses the liquid within the balloon. An exit port provides passage o...