US Patent Issued on June 2 for "Apparatus for controlling flow in a bodily organ" (Swedish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,530, issued on June 2.

"Apparatus for controlling flow in a bodily organ" was invented by Peter Forsell (Lund, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for controlling the flow of urine in a urethra of a patient is disclosed, comprising an implantable adjustable constriction device for constricting the urethra to influence the flow in the urinary tract, a control device for controlling the constriction device, an operation device for operating the constriction device to change the constriction of the urethra, an energy source for supplying energy for the operation device, and an internal control unit connected to an internal...