US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on June 9 for "Pump and valve system for hydraulic pressurization of implants" (Irish, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,852, issued on June 9, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Pump and valve system for hydraulic pressurization of implants" was invented by Noel Smith (County Kilkenny, Ireland), Daragh Nolan (County Waterford, Ireland), Thomas Andrew Albrecht (Edina, Minn.) and Brian P. Watschke (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an aspect, an implantable device includes a fluid reservoir configured to be implanted in a body of a patient at a first location, an inflatable member configured to be implanted in the body of the patient at a second location, and a pump assembly configured to be implant...