ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,869, issued on Feb. 4.
"Method for treating reflux disease" was invented by Peter Forsell (Zug, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a reflux disease treatment apparatus, 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 cr...