US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on March 17 for "Implantable sphincter assistance device with 3D printed or mim unibody housing" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,832, issued on March 17, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Implantable sphincter assistance device with 3D printed or mim unibody housing" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio) and Kevin M. Fiebig (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a plurality of beads, and a linking assembly. Each bead in the plurality of beads includes at least one magnet and a unibody housing encasing and sealing the at least one magnet. The unibody housing includes a magnetically inert material being formed of a particulate powder composition. The linking assembly joins the beads toget...