US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Sept. 29 for "Leak detection for implantable inflation devices" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,132, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Leak detection for implantable inflation devices" was invented by Brian P. Watschke (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable inflation device includes a fluid reservoir defining a cavity, an inflatable member; an inflation fluid, a pump assembly, and a circuit for measuring electrical resistance. The pump assembly is configured to transfer the inflation fluid from the fluid reservoir to the inflatable member. The circuit is configured to measure an electrical resistance between the inflation fluid within the implantable in...