US Patent Issued to ENDOTRONIX on Nov. 3 for "Pressure sensing implant" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,511, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to ENDOTRONIX INC. (Lisle, Ill.).

"Pressure sensing implant" was invented by Harry Rowland (Plainfield, Ill.), Michael Nagy (Lombard, Ill.), Balamurugan Sundaram (Dunlap, Ill.) and Suresh Sundaram (Dunlap, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless circuit includes a housing having at least one opening, and sensor connected to the housing at the opening. The sensor includes a first layer having a first dimension and a second layer having a second dimension shorter than the first dimension. The second layer may be positioned entirely within the housing and a surface of said first layer may be exp...