ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,012, issued on May 26, was assigned to PLIO SURGICAL Ltd. (Malahide, Ireland).
"Compression anastomosis system, and use thereof" was invented by Stephen Johnson Barker (Malahide, Ireland), Donal Healion (Malahide, Ireland) and Cristina Purtill (Malahide, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compression anastomosis system comprises matching first and second compression ring devices (1, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90), each compression ring device configured for adjustment from an elongated delivery configuration suitable for passing through a minimally invasive surgical instrument to a deployed radially expanded configuration dimensioned t...