ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,174, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to G.I. Windows Inc. (Westwood, Mass.).

"Systems, devices, and methods for forming anastomoses" was invented by Brian P. Tinkham (Scituate, Mass.) and Shani Mann (Needham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides systems, devices, and methods for the delivery, deployment, and positioning of magnetic compression devices at a desired site so as to improve the accuracy of anastomoses creation between tissues, organs, or the like."

The patent was filed on Oct. 27, 2023, under Application No. 18/384,635.

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