US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS SYSTEMS on May 12 for "Cholecystitis treatment via gallbladder occlusion or sealing" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,776, issued on May 12, was assigned to OLYMPUS SYSTEMS CORP. (Tokyo).

"Cholecystitis treatment via gallbladder occlusion or sealing" was invented by Tomofumi Katayama (Kunitachi, Japan) and Takahiro Suzuki (Hachioji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method comprises obstructing at least a portion of an inside of a gallbladder using a barrier, and suppressing, using the barrier, contacting at least a portion of an interior wall of the gallbladder with a bile from a cystic duct."

The patent was filed on Feb. 17, 2023, under Application No. 18/170,840.

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