US Patent Issued to The Brigham and Women's Hospital on Oct. 27 for "Systems and methods for examining hollow organs" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,145, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to The Brigham and Women's Hospital Inc. (Boston).

"Systems and methods for examining hollow organs" was invented by Jon I. Einarsson (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides diagnostic methods for evaluating a urinary bladder and methods of enhancing the visibility of the bladder. An illustrative implementation includes introducing urinary catheter having a proximal end and a distal end into a patient's urinary bladder by way of the urethra, the urinary catheter including an outer tubular member including an inflatable balloon disposed thereon, and a visualization st...