ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,236, issued on Oct. 14.
"Device for the treatment of anal fistula-in-ano and complex fistula-in-ano" was invented by Ashwin Dhanrajii Porwal (Pune, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for the treatment of anal fistula-in-ano and complex fistula-in-ano includes a balloon inflation/deflation tube, a suction/drainage tube, a scooping tube, that is disposed between the balloon inflation/deflation tube and the suction/drainage tube, a diaphragm that is disposed across the balloon inflation/deflation tube and the suction/drainage tube, and an irrigation/drainage path that is disposed between a balloon and a plurality of spikes. T...