US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on July 28 for "Inflatable prosthesis having a pressure calibration system" (Irish, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,969, issued on July 28, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Inflatable prosthesis having a pressure calibration system" was invented by Noel Smith (Windgap, Ireland), John Gildea (Kilcock, Ireland) and Brian P. Watschke (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an aspect, an apparatus includes a bodily implant configured to be implanted into a body of a patient. The implant having an inflatable member, a sensor, and a calibration module. The inflatable member is configured to be disposed within a portion of the body of the patient. The sensor is operatively coupled to the inflatable mem...