US Patent Issued to ConneX Biomedical on Nov. 3 for "Method of making sutureless anastomosis for fluid coupling to anatomical structures" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,586, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to ConneX Biomedical Inc. (Aurora, Colo.).

"Method of making sutureless anastomosis for fluid coupling to anatomical structures" was invented by Jeffrey N. Steinmetz (Arvada, Colo.) and Jeremy N. Morgan (Missoula, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Connectors for end-to-end and/or end-to-side coupling of either anatomical tissue to other anatomical tissue and/or non-anatomical devices to anatomical tissue. The connectors and their variants are each characterized by having at least one mechanically active tine that are actuated by extension or compression of a mechanical mechanism linking the activ...