ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,302, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Sentinel Medical Technologies LLC (Boca Raton, Fla.).
"Catheter for monitoring pressure" was invented by Timothy McKinney (Boca Raton, Fla.), Marc-Alan Levine (Pottstown, Pa.) and Michael Leedle (Audobon, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter insertable into a patient for monitoring pressure having an expandable outer balloon. An expandable inner balloon is positioned within the lumen of the catheter and has having a second outer wall and forms a gas chamber to monitor pressure within the patient. In response to pressure exerted on the outer wall of the outer balloon, fluid within the o...