US Patent Issued to Medtronic on Aug. 26 for "Systems, devices and methods for reshaping a bodily lumen" (California, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,854, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Santa Rosa, Calif.).

"Systems, devices and methods for reshaping a bodily lumen" was invented by Caitlin M. Dorff (Santa Rosa, Calif.), William A. Berthiaume (Santa Rosa, Calif.), Emily A. Grimm (Petaluma, Calif.), Matthew E. Genovese (Windsor, Calif.), Michael A. Gloss (Minneapolis), William W. Chang (Santa Rosa, Calif.), Karan P. Punga (San Rafael, Calif.) and Fatemeh Fatemi Far (Santa Rosa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure include bodily lumen reshaping and reduction systems, devices and methods. Such implants can include a plurality of anchors ...