US Patent Issued to Novocuff on Oct. 6 for "Cervical control systems and cervical control devices" (California, Alabama Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,738, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Novocuff Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Cervical control systems and cervical control devices" was invented by Donald J. Lee (Santa Clara, Calif.), Amelia M. Degenkolb (Birmingham, Ala.) and Don Hannula (San Luis Obispo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, and methods are provided that control, support, and/or elongate a cervix to treat pregnancy complications and/or delay an onset of labor so that a gestational period for a fetus may be extended, thereby preventing preterm labor and delivery of the fetus. The cervical control systems may include a main body configured for pla...