US Patent Issued to Covidien on Feb. 3 for "Impedance manometry device for quantifiable diagnosis of pelvic prolapse" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,053, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Impedance manometry device for quantifiable diagnosis of pelvic prolapse" was invented by Arvind Rajagopalan Mohan (Dracut, Mass.) and Nikolai D. Begg (Wellesley, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for diagnosing and quantifying an organ prolapse includes a first manometry catheter configured for insertion within a first organ of the pelvic floor. The first manometry catheter includes an inflatable balloon configured to support a series of first sensors disposed along a length thereof and operably coupled to an image display for displaying a first image...