US Patent Issued to GIT THERAPEUTICS on June 16 for "Devices and methods for regio-specific drug release at ileocecal region" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,993, issued on June 16, was assigned to GIT THERAPEUTICS LTD. (Rosh Haain, Israel).

"Devices and methods for regio-specific drug release at ileocecal region" was invented by Avshalom Ben Menachem (Tel Aviv, Israel) and Ilan Zalit (Tel Aviv, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for temporary residence at an ileocecal valve of a subject in a trapping configuration is described. The device includes a trapping assembly for blocking a cooperating ingestible object while allowing chyme flow when the device is positioned at the ileocecal valve. The device can transition from the trapping configuration into an emptying configuratio...