US Patent Issued to BFKW on April 14 for "Method of deploying an intraluminal device and intraluminal system" (Michigan, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,493, issued on April 14, was assigned to BFKW LLC (Johns Creek, Ga.).

"Method of deploying an intraluminal device and intraluminal system" was invented by Randal S. Baker (Grand Rapids, Mich.) and Frederick J. Walburn (Johns Creek, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of deploying an intraluminal device to the cardiac region of the stomach and an intraluminal system used to deploy an intraluminal device to the cardiac region of the stomach, wherein the intraluminal device has a wall defining a surface and an open portion of the surface that is adapted to be aligned with the gastroesophageal (GE) junction. The surface and the ...