US Patent Issued to Covidien on Aug. 25 for "Systems for and methods of performing gastrointestinal manometry" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,325, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Systems for and methods of performing gastrointestinal manometry" was invented by Ryan S. Sohlden (Lyons, Colo.), Aria S. A. Thakore (Superior, Colo.) and Jennifer Lin (Broomfield, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of assisting a manometry procedure includes recording, by a processor, a plurality of pressure measurements taken by a catheter inserted within a gastrointestinal tract of a patient, determining, by the processor, a pressure pattern based on the plurality of pressure measurements, and determining whether the determined pressure pattern is ...