US Patent Issued to Morphic Medical on July 14 for "Devices and methods for placing a gastrointestinal device" (Massachusetts, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,312, issued on July 14, was assigned to Morphic Medical Inc. (Boston).

"Devices and methods for placing a gastrointestinal device" was invented by James Loper (Wales, Mass.), Ryan Hanlon (Hudson, N.H.) and Andres Chamorro III (Ashland, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A delivery system for placing a gastrointestinal device in a mammalian gastrointestinal tract comprises a container assembly; a gastrointestinal implant device that includes proximal and distal ends stored within the container assembly, the proximal end including an anchor and the distal end including a sleeve, coupled to the anchor and folded into the container ass...