US Patent Issued to COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES on Dec. 2 for "Crosslinking submucosal injectate system" (North Carolina, Indiana, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,204, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Bloomington, Ind.).

"Crosslinking submucosal injectate system" was invented by John C. Sigmon Jr. (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Shaun D. Gittard (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Gregory J. Hardy (Colonie, N.Y.), Christopher A Carruthers (Winston-Salem, N.C.) and Darin G. Schaeffer (Bloomington, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of treating a lesion in a gastrointestinal tract and an injectate system are provided. The method includes injecting a crosslinkable gel into a first tissue layer, the crosslinkable gel increasing a volume of the first tissue layer. The method also...