ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,303, issued on Feb. 18.
"Apparatus and method for treating obesity" was invented by Peter Forsell (Bouveret, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a reflux disease treatment apparatus comprising an implantable movement restriction device that maintains cardia in the correct position and an implantable stimulation device adapted to engage with the cardia sphincter of a patient. The invention further comprises a control device for controlling the stimulation device to stimulate the cardia sphincter. The invention can be combined with various methods for treating obesity, in particular methods that ...