ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,137, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to IP2IPO INNOVATIONS Ltd. (London).

"Implantable cardiovascular sensor" was invented by Mohammad Reza Bahmanyar (London) and Christopher Neil McLeod (Headington, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable cardiovascular pressure sensor comprising a rigid enclosure sealed by a flexible membrane; and an elongate compliant member comprising a piezoelectric material, the member having a width and a length greater than the width, and two ends separated by the length and two sides separated by the width; wherein the flexible membrane is coupled to the elongate compliant member to trans...