ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,870, issued on May 13.
"Treatment of GERD" was invented by Peter Forsell (Sachseln, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to treatment of reflux disease of a human patient. More particularly, a device is disclosed, which is configured to be implanted in the body of the human to restrict movement of the cardia of the patient's stomach towards the diaphragm opening into the patient's thorax, and/or to prevent stomach contents from passing from the stomach into the esophagus."
The patent was filed on Aug. 30, 2021, under Application No. 17/460,361.
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