US Patent Issued to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research on March 4 for "Electroporation for obesity or diabetes treatment" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,365, issued on March 4, was assigned to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minn.).

"Electroporation for obesity or diabetes treatment" was invented by Christopher V. Desimone (Rochester, Minn.), Barham K. Abu Dayyeh (Rochester, Minn.) and Samuel J. Asirvatham (Rochester, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Endolumenal devices and methods can be used for the treatment of health conditions including obesity and diabetes. In some embodiments, the methods and systems provided herein can cause weight loss or control diabetes by reducing the caloric absorption of an individual. For example, this document provid...