US Patent Issued to DSRCo on May 12 for "Implantable pump for direct sodium removal therapy having on-board analyte sensor" (German, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,011, issued on May 12, was assigned to DSRCo BV (Ghent, Belgium).

"Implantable pump for direct sodium removal therapy having on-board analyte sensor" was invented by Ian Crosbie (London), Andreas Wirth (Simbach am Inn, Germany) and Oliver Goedje (Strasslach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for performing Direct Sodium Removal (DSR) therapy are provided in which an implantable device includes a pump coupled to an inlet catheter designed for placement in a patient's peritoneal cavity, an outlet catheter designed to be coupled to the patient's bladder, and is operably coupled to an analyte sensor, the pump prog...