US Patent Issued to Growth Armor on July 7 for "System and method for treating fecal impaction" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,151, issued on July 7, was assigned to Growth Armor LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"System and method for treating fecal impaction" was invented by Michael A. Bain (Costa Mesa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for irrigation devices for treatment of fecal impaction in a patient are contemplated. An irrigation device may comprise a distal portion comprising a disimpaction fluid inlet and a waste vacuum outlet. The disimpaction fluid outlet may be operative to emit a generally annular jet of disimpaction fluid into the anus of the patient so as to disimpact impacted feces associated with the anus. The irrigation device...