US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on July 15 for "Pump bulb with control features" (Minnesota, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,463, issued on July 15, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Pump bulb with control features" was invented by James Ryan Mujwid (Hudson, Wis.), Ryan Earl Fredrick (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Mark Edward DiLoreto (Chaska, Minn.) and John Anders Bostrom (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an aspect, an inflatable implant includes a fluid reservoir configured to hold fluid; an inflatable member; and a pump assembly configured to transfer fluid from the fluid reservoir to the inflatable member, the pump assembly including a pump bulb, the pump bulb having an outer surface, the pump bulb hav...