US Patent Issued to Gyrus ACMI on Feb. 24 for "Full eversion anastomosis juncture formation and suturing" (California, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,096, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Gyrus ACMI Inc. (Westborough, Mass.).

"Full eversion anastomosis juncture formation and suturing" was invented by Adam Lee Smith (Palm Desert, Calif.), Clifton A. Alferness (Olalla, Wash.), Gina M. Muia-Longman (Seattle) and Clinton L. Finger (Bellevue, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed embodiments include apparatuses, systems, and methods for facilitating anastomosis between bodily passages. In an illustrative embodiment, an eversion mechanism is configured to engage a first external surface of a receiving passage adjacent a first opening in the receiving passage in order to creat...