ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,540, issued on March 24, was assigned to Servicio Cantabro De Salud Universidad De Cantabria (Santander, Spain).
"Intragastric device" was invented by Federico Castillo Suescun (Santander, Spain), Javier Crespo Garcia (Santander, Spain), Juan Carlos Rodriguez Sanjuan (Santander, Spain) and Ramon Sancibrian Herrera (Santander, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Intragastric device intended to be inserted into a gastric cavity to restrict its capacity. To contribute to optimal adaptation, its design is based on the principle of neutral buoyancy. The device comprises an inner core and an outer covering (2). The inner core consists of...