US Patent Issued to Allurion Technologies on Oct. 27 for "Balloon sealing and fill valve" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,333, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Allurion Technologies LLC (Natick, Mass.).

"Balloon sealing and fill valve" was invented by David W. Nelson (Natick, Mass.), Bruce A. Horwitz (Natick, Mass.), William Pfaff (Natick, Mass.) and Fanzhen Ding (Natick, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an implantable medical device comprising a device body having an internal reservoir configured to expand in size. The device can comprise an anchor structure affixed to a wall of the device body and having an interior passage, a conduit having a fill end and a device end with a conduit lumen extending therethrough,...