US Patent Issued to Fractyl Health on July 22 for "Automated tissue treatment devices, systems, and methods" (Massachusetts, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,554, issued on July 22, was assigned to Fractyl Health Inc. (Burlington, Mass.).

"Automated tissue treatment devices, systems, and methods" was invented by Jay Caplan (Boston), Harith Rajagopalan (Wellesley Hills, Mass.), Andrew Hollett (Somerville, Mass.), R. Maxwell Flaherty (Topsfield, Mass.), J. Christopher Flaherty (Nottingham, N.H.) and Jeffrey Lesica (Holliston, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are systems for performing a medical procedure in the intestine of a patient. The system comprises an elongate device and a console. The elongate device comprises a proximal portion, a middle portion, and a distal portion. ...