ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,606, issued on May 27.
"Apparatus and method for treatment of bowel impaction" was invented by David Corbin (San Diego), Aaron Elwyn Christensen (White River Junction, Vt.) and Wesley Leuthauser (Lebanon, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus and method for treating a bowel obstruction. An example apparatus includes a first tong element and a second tong element forming a pair of tong elements pivotally connected at a junction point and movable between an opened position and a closed position. Each tong element defines a distal end and a proximal end and a body extending ther...