MUMBAI, India, June 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517031789 A) filed by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Edgbaston, U.K., on March 31, for 'a device for treating a fistula.'
Inventor(s) include Henson, Timothy George; Keighley, Michael Robert Burch; Li, Elizabeth; Pinkney, Thomas; and Raxworthy, Michael John.
The application for the patent was published on June 13, under issue no. 24/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to devices and related methods for treating fistulas such as anal or recto-vaginal fistulas. Typically, the devices comprise a seton and an elongate body of tissue growth promoting matrix ...