US Patent Issued to Cook Medical Technologies on July 8 for "Implantable tissue anchors, kits that include a tissue anchor, and related methods of treatment" (Indiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,893, issued on July 8, was assigned to Cook Medical Technologies LLC (Bloomington, Ind.).

"Implantable tissue anchors, kits that include a tissue anchor, and related methods of treatment" was invented by Jeffry S. Melsheimer (Springville, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example implantable tissue anchors, kits that include an implantable tissue anchor, and associated methods are described. An example implantable tissue anchor is moveable between a first, expanded configuration and a second, compressed configuration. The implantable tissue anchor has a first end, a second end, and a main body. The main body defines a first arm, a s...