ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,034, issued on July 29, was assigned to Coloplast A/S (Humlebaek, Denmark).
"Y-shaped sacrocolpopexy support" was invented by Sarah J. Schuchardt (Minneapolis), Michael M. Witzmann (Shoreview, Minn.), John J. Allen (Mendota Heights, Minn.), David Richmond (Prestwick, Great Britain) and Matthew George Litton (Prestwick, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Y-shaped support has a head section having a first free end and a second end secured to a leg section, with the leg section having a first leg extending from the second end of the head section and a second leg extending from the second end of the head section. A first conn...