US Patent Issued to Lexion Medical on May 26 for "Method and system for measuring pressure in a body cavity" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,038, issued on May 26, was assigned to Lexion Medical LLC (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Method and system for measuring pressure in a body cavity" was invented by Carl M. Geisz (Edina, Minn.) and Rochelle M. Amann (Mendota Heights, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, a method includes positioning a portion of a trocar into a patient cavity and inserting a surgical instrument into the trocar. The method also includes measuring, by a pressure sensor disposed in, on, or through a medical appliance, a pressure indicative of a pressure in the patient cavity. The method also includes supplying, based at least in part on ...