US Patent Issued to Merit Medical Systems on July 21 for "High pressure inflation device" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,847, issued on July 21, was assigned to Merit Medical Systems Inc. (South Jordan, Utah).

"High pressure inflation device" was invented by Jon Davis (Sandy, Utah), Dan O'Neill (Salt Lake City), Taylor Beard (West Jordan, Utah), Michael Dean Haslam (Sandy, Utah), Richard P. Jenkins (Bluffdale, Utah) and Dallin Romney (South Jordan, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices used to pressurize, depressurize, or otherwise displace fluid are disclosed. The devices may be configured to displace fluid in order to inflate or deflate a medical device, such as a balloon. The devices further include features and mechanisms for limiting pressur...