ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,256, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to MEDICINES360 (San Francisco).
"IUD removal devices, and related methods and kits" was invented by Rob Deckman (San Bruno, Calif.), Chinmay Deodhar (Hanover, Germany), Dominic Peralta (San Mateo, Calif.) and Mitchell David Creinin (Davis, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-removal device for intrauterine device (IUD) extraction is described that includes a housing having a proximal handle and a distal aperture, and a grasper mechanism with stationary and movable elements for engaging and securing IUD threads, wherein the grasper is actuated by a lever positioned at the housing. Systems...