ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,480, issued on July 22.
"Magnetic anastomosis device with opposing coil directionality" was invented by Virender K. Sharma (Paradise Valley, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anastomosis device includes magnets coupled to a wire capable of changing shape from a straight wire into a coil when deployed within a body. The coil exerts compressive force upon layers of tissue caught between loops of the coil. The compressive force is enhanced by attractive forces between magnets coupled with adjacent loops of the coil and causes the coil to cut through the tissue layers, creating an anastomosis. One end of the wire is preferably prov...