US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Jan. 13 for "Implantable sphincter assistance device with bimodal distribution of magnetic field intensity rate-of-change" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,119, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Implantable sphincter assistance device with bimodal distribution of magnetic field intensity rate-of-change" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Kevin M. Fiebig (Cincinnati) and Glenn W. Ellison (Maineville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes at least one link and a plurality of beads. The plurality of beads is joined using the at least one link and is configured to be arranged in an annular arrangement. The annular arrangement is sized and configured to form a loop around an anatomical structure in a p...