US Patent Issued to G.I. Windows on March 25 for "Magnetic anastomosis devices with varying magnetic force at a distance" (Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,932, issued on March 25, was assigned to G.I. Windows Inc. (Westwood, Mass.).

"Magnetic anastomosis devices with varying magnetic force at a distance" was invented by Robert F. Beisel (Robesonia, Pa.), Marvin Ryou (Melrose, Mass.) and Christopher Thompson (Needham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Magnetic anastomosis devices constructed from magnetic segments coupled together with members that help the devices spontaneously transform from a linear delivery configuration to a polygonal deployment configuration. When two devices are joined together over tissue(s), the compressive force causes the tissue(s) to necrose and form an ...