US 12,329,624 B2
Inflatable medical implant having a pressure monitor
Richard E. Johnson, New Prague, MN (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/449,851.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/198,283, filed on Oct. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0110734 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 2/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/004 (2013.01) [A61F 2250/0002 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0003 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0013 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a bodily implant configured to be implanted into a body of a patient, the implant including an inflatable member and a sending unit, the sending unit having a sensor configured to sense a pressure of the inflatable member, the bodily implant includes a pump, a reservoir, a first tubular member and a second tubular member, the first tubular member having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the first tubular member extending between the pump and the inflatable member, the second portion of the first tubular member being operatively coupled to the sending unit, the second tubular member extending between the pump and the reservoir; and
a reading unit, the reading unit configured to be disposed outside of the body of the patient and configured to operatively communicate with the sending unit.