US Patent Issued to GT METABOLIC SOLUTIONS on Sept. 9 for "Anastomosis formation with magnetic devices having bioresorbable retention member" (American, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,920, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to GT METABOLIC SOLUTIONS INC. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Anastomosis formation with magnetic devices having bioresorbable retention member" was invented by Michel Gagner (Montreal, Canada), Todd A. Krinke (Buffalo, Minn.) and Thierry Thaure (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for forming an anastomosis between two adjacent walls of a digestive tract are provided. The system can include first and second magnetic implants configured to magnetically couple through two adjacent walls of the digestive tract to compress a portion of the two adjacent walls therebetween and fo...