US Patent Issued to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL on June 2 for "Implantable sphincter assistance device with dual zone controlled rate of constriction force" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,531, issued on June 2, was assigned to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL (Zug, Switzerland).

"Implantable sphincter assistance device with dual zone controlled rate of constriction force" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Kevin M. Fiebig (Cincinnati) and Tylor C. Muhlenkamp (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a plurality of beads. Each bead includes a housing and a magnet positioned within the housing. The apparatus also includes a plurality of interconnection elements. Each interconnection element movably joins together a corresponding pair of beads. The plurality of beads and the pluralit...