US Patent Issued to IRCAD on March 18 for "Modular magnetic devices for use in creating tissue anastomosis" (American, French, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,108, issued on March 18, was assigned to IRCAD (Strasbourg, France).

"Modular magnetic devices for use in creating tissue anastomosis" was invented by Juan Hernandez (Strasbourg, France), Michele Diana (Savigny, Switzerland) and James Kennedy Wall (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides modular magnetic anastomosis devices that can be implemented in digestive surgery or in any circumstance of anastomosis between adjacent organs or two hollow viscera. The device is minimally invasive and easily and quickly delivered using laparoscopic or endoscopic procedures."

The patent was filed on April ...