ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,427, issued on Feb. 3.
"Treatment of GERD" was invented by Peter Forsell (Obwalden, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical method of treating reflux disease comprising the steps of dissecting the fundus at least partially down on the posterior side thereof; in the approximate direction towards bursa Omentalis, as well as away from the spleen. The method further comprising the steps of dissecting the esophagus such that the esophagus is disconnected from the surrounding tissue at least 3 cm in a cranial direction from the angle of his and connecting the fundus to the esophagus by placing at least two posterior single sut...