US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on May 27 for "Implantable sphincter device with bead orientation control based on bead interactive geometry" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,593, issued on May 27, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Implantable sphincter device with bead orientation control based on bead interactive geometry" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio) and Kevin M. Fiebig (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a plurality of beads and a linking assembly joining the beads together. The beads include a first bead having a first external contact surface, and a second bead having a second external contact surface. A magnet is contained within the housing. The beads and the linking assembly are arranged in an annular arrangemen...