US Patent Issued to DND Medical on Oct. 20 for "Systems and methods for cervical ripening" (Idaho Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,917, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to DND Medical LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho).

"Systems and methods for cervical ripening" was invented by Pamela Kothari Denson (Idaho Falls, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cervical ripening device includes a balloon catheter and a variable tensioning system. The balloon catheter includes a balloon insertable above the cervix of a pregnant woman and a catheter tube having a first end connected to the balloon, a second end, and a passageway extending from the first end to the second end. The passageway is connected to the balloon and the balloon is inflatable with a fluid to apply dilatative pre...