US Patent Issued to Qura on Nov. 3 for "Implantable cardiovascular pressure sensing system and methods of use" (Swiss, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,436, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Qura Inc. (Duxbury, Mass.).

"Implantable cardiovascular pressure sensing system and methods of use" was invented by William G. Hendren (Duxbury, Mass.), Jean-Noel Fehr (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Stefan Bauer (Bern, Switzerland) and Douglas P. Adams (Sudbury, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable cardiovascular pressure sensing system can be used to measure blood pressure accurately and safely without any patient intervention. It can include a pressure sensor that makes blood pressure measurements, circuitry for processing and storing the blood pressure measurements, and an antenna fo...