ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,301, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to 3IVE Labs LLC (Roswell, Ga.).

"Negative pressure therapy system and methods" was invented by John R. Erbey II (Milton, Ga.), Jacob L. Upperco (Atlanta), Bryan J. Tucker (Chapel Hill, N.C.) and Lance Michael Black (Pearland, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for removing fluid from a urinary tract includes at least one sensor configured to detect signal(s) representative of pulmonary artery pressure and communicate signal(s) representative of the pulmonary artery pressure and a controller. The controller is configured to: receive and process the signal(s) from the at least one sensor...