US Patent Issued to Covidien on Sept. 8 for "Implantable channel guides and methods and kits thereof" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,903, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Implantable channel guides and methods and kits thereof" was invented by Matthew A. Rootes (Crystal, Minn.) and Nathan J. Knutson (Long Lake, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes an implantable channel guide configured to identify and/or a channel created in a patient via an endoscopic navigation procedure. The channel guide includes an elongate body having at least one snare on one end portion thereof and at least one anchor member on a second opposite end portion thereof."

The patent was filed on July 28, 2022, under Applicati...