US Patent Issued to Contraline on Nov. 3 for "Systems and methods for removing a hydrogel implant from a body lumen" (Virginia, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,611, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Contraline Inc. (Charlottesville, Va.).

"Systems and methods for removing a hydrogel implant from a body lumen" was invented by Kevin Eisenfrats (Charlottesville, Va.), Tyler Chiartas (Charlottesville, Va.), Nicholas Matsumoto (Charlottesville, Va.), Yelena Tropsha (Plymouth, Minn.) and Jeffrey W. Ference (Barboursville, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for removing a biomaterial implant and reversing occlusive effects of the biomaterial implant are described. In particular, methods for performing removal of biomaterial implants without damage to a body lumen where the biomaterial was p...