US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on March 25 for "Methods of forming an anastomosis between organs with an expandable pattern" (Ohio, Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,934, issued on March 25, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Methods of forming an anastomosis between organs with an expandable pattern" was invented by Shannon L. Jones (Cincinnati), Gregory J. Bakos (Mason, Ohio), Chad P. Boudreaux (Cincinnati), John S. Kimsey (Walton, Ky.), Yvan D. Nguetio Tchoumkeu (Blue Ash, Ohio), John K. Bruce (Morrow, Ohio), Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio), Bradley A. Arnold (Mason, Ohio), Gregory G. Scott (Cincinnati), Cory G. Kimball (Hamilton, Ohio), Nichole Y. Kwee (Cincinnati) and Jeffrey L. Aldridge (Lebanon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Tradema...