ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,431, issued on May 6.
"Treatment of GERD" was invented by Peter Mats Forsell (Obwalden, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for affixing a fundus portion of the stomach of a human patient to the patient's esophagus is disclosed. The method comprises folding the fundus portion towards the esophagus such that the fundus portion rests against the esophagus, from the angle of His and upwards along the esophagus, and affixing the fundus portion to the esophagus by means of fasteners arranged along a first line and a second line. The first line and the second line extend along the esophagus and are arranged such that a dist...