US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on March 24 for "Implantable sphincter assistance device with single use emergency release decoupling interconnection link" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,402, issued on March 24, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Implantable sphincter assistance device with single use emergency release decoupling interconnection link" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Kevin M. Fiebig (Cincinnati), Tylor C. Muhlenkamp (Cincinnati), Nicholas J. Ross (Franklin, Ohio) and Matthew D. Cowperthwait (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 mov...