US Patent Issued to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center on June 16 for "Lymphatic anastomosis devices and methods" (Texas, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,534, issued on June 16, was assigned to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc. (Boston).

"Lymphatic anastomosis devices and methods" was invented by Dhruv Singhal (Chestnut Hill, Mass.) and Kieran Singhal (Longview, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Preferred embodiments relate to devices and methods for performing a lymphovenous bypass procedure. A first ring is secured to tissue connected to at least one lymphatic channel of a patient and a second ring is attached to a vein of the patient. An end of the lymphatic channel that extends through the first ring is inserted into an open end of the vein and the rings are connected t...