US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Sept. 22 for "Inflatable penile prosthesis with guides in valve of pump assembly" (Minnesota, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,864, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Inflatable penile prosthesis with guides in valve of pump assembly" was invented by James Ryan Mujwid (Hudson, Wis.), John Anders Bostrom (Minneapolis), Mark Edward DiLoreto (Chaska, Minn.), Ryan Earl Fredrick (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Travis J. Schauer (Rockford, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inflatable penile prosthesis can comprise a reservoir, an inflatable member, and a pump assembly. The pump assembly can include at least one valve comprising an entry tube interface configured to attach to the entry tube and defining an entr...