ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,884, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to G.I. Windows Inc. (Westwood, Mass.).

"Systems, devices, and methods for forming anastomoses" was invented by Dane Seddon (Boston), Peter Lukin (Norfolk, Mass.), Jonathan B. O'Keefe (North Attleborough, Mass.), Amos Cruz (Wrentham, Mass.), Jeffrey C. Cerier (Franklin, Mass.), Keith D. Boudreau (North Andover, Mass.), Taylor Bensel (Foxborough, Mass.) and David A. Rezac (Hopkinton, 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 ...