ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,959, issued on July 28, was assigned to Ken Pettlon Sr. (Maryville, Mo.).
"Artificial bladder system" was invented by Ken Pettlon Sr. (Maryville, Mo.) and Kristopher Pettlon (Maryville, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An artificial bladder system including an implantable bladder, a valve, a number of sensors, and an alert mechanism. The implantable bladder includes an outer wall forming a chamber for collecting urine of a user, the outer wall including inflow openings and an outflow opening. The valve is integrated with the outflow opening to selectively allow urine to flow from the chamber through the outflow opening. The sensors...