US Patent Issued to MetaModix on July 14 for "Delivery devices and methods for gastrointestinal implants" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,311, issued on July 14, was assigned to MetaModix INc..

"Delivery devices and methods for gastrointestinal implants" was invented by Kedar R. Belhe (Minnetonka, Minn.), Paul J. Thompson (Minnetonka, Minn.), Alexander D. Grafov (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Werner Schwarz (Ruhpolding, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Several gastrointestinal surgery procedures are effective as treatments for metabolic disorders such as obesity and diabetes. Minimally invasive procedures including intra-luminal gastrointestinal implants have been proposed to mimic the anatomical, physiological and metabolic changes achieved by these procedures. Many ...