US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Oct. 27 for "Bi-directional valve pump" (Minnesota, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,751, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Bi-directional valve pump" was invented by James Ryan Mujwid (Hudson, Wis.), Ryan Earl Fredrick (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Mark Edward DiLoreto (Chaska, Minn.), John Anders Bostrom (Minneapolis), Jessica Elizabeth Felton (Minneapolis) and Thomas Andrew Albrecht (Edina, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an aspect, an inflatable penile prosthesis includes a fluid reservoir configured to hold fluid, an inflatable member, and a pump assembly configured to transfer the fluid between the fluid reservoir and the inflatable member. The pu...