ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,053, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to MEDICINES360 (San Francisco).

"IUD insertion devices with a rotatable string controller and methods" was invented by Rob Deckman (San Bruno, Calif.), Richard E. Repp (San Jose, Calif.), Curt Guyer (Dublin, Calif.), Justin Westendorf (River Falls, Wis.) and Timothy Parmer (Brooklyn Park, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is related to IUD insertion device for inserting an IUD into the cervix of a female patient."

The patent was filed on June 6, 2024, under Application No. 18/735,250.

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