ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,375, issued on May 20.

"Artificial stomach" was invented by Peter Forsell (Bouveret, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An artificial stomach for replacing the normal stomach of a patient comprises a food reservoir adapted to collect food, an inlet connected to a first opening of the food reservoir and further being adapted to upstream connect to the patient's gastrointestinal tract, and an outlet connected to a second opening of the food reservoir and further being adapted to downstream connect to the patient's gastrointestinal tract."

The patent was filed on April 26, 2022, under Application No. 17/729,018.

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