US Patent Issued to ACIST Medical Systems on April 21 for "Physiological sensor delivery device and method" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,075, issued on April 21, was assigned to ACIST Medical Systems Inc. (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

"Physiological sensor delivery device and method" was invented by Dale R. Manstrom (Shakopee, Minn.), Amy Raatikka (Plymouth, Minn.), Robert F. Wilson (Roseville, Minn.), Edward R. Miller (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Jung Kwon Pak (Plymouth, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intravascular sensor delivery device for measuring a physiological parameter of a patient, such as blood pressure, within a vascular structure or passage. In some embodiments, the device can be used to measure the pressure gradient across a stenotic lesion or heart valv...