US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Sept. 29 for "Implantable sphincter assistance device with deformable elements" (Ohio, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,004, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Implantable sphincter assistance device with deformable elements" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Kevin M. Fiebig (Cincinnati) and Joshua D. Young (West Orange, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sphincter augmentation device includes a plurality of interlinked bodies and a pair of device ends configured to releasably couple together to secure the bodies in a loop formation sized to fit around an internal anatomical passageway of a patient. The device further includes a plurality of resilient members, with each resili...