ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,222, issued on Feb. 3.
"Apparatus for treating GERD" was invented by Peter Forsell (Bouveret, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable device for the treatment of acid reflux disease has a body including an outer surface adapted to rest against a patient's fundus wall. The device, when implanted in the patient, fills a volume in the patient's abdomen in the cardia area and above the cardia of the patient, when standing. The body prevents the cardia from moving through the diaphragm opening into the thorax, thereby preventing reflux by keeping the abdominal pressure supporting the cardia sphincter muscle. The device ma...