Minimally-invasive procedure for monitoring a physiological parameter within an internal organ

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9168005
APP PUB NO 20130046152A1
SERIAL NO

13661315

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A minimally-invasive surgical procedure for monitoring a physiological parameter within an internal organ of a living body. The procedure entails making a first incision in the body to enable access to the organ. An endoscopic instrument is then inserted through the first incision and a second incision is made therewith through an external wall of the organ and into the internal cavity thereof. A sensing unit is placed in the second incision such that the second incision is occluded by the unit and a proximal end of the unit is outside the organ. The unit includes a sensing device having a sensing element adapted to sense the physiological parameter within the organ, and an anchor to which the sensing device is secured. The first incision is closed, after which a readout device outside the body telemetrically communicates with the sensing device to obtain a reading of the physiological parameter.

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UIM PRESSURE IMPLANT INC387 AIRPORT INDUSTRIAL DR YPSILANTI MI 48198

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Morgan-Leonard, Catherine Hook Ann Arbor, US 4 22
Najafi, Nader Ann Arbor, US 68 3960

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