ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,262, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to SafeHeal SAS (Paris).
"Kit for washing an intestinal anastomosis in situ" was invented by Severine Leveau-Mollier (Bievres, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A kit including a device for intestinal anastomosis enema in situ, and an anastomosis protection device comprising a flexible external sheath connected to a stent located downstream of the sheath and designed to be anchored upstream of the anastomosis. The enema device has: a perforated, tubular element of annular shape that can distribute an enema composition, upstream of the anastomosis, a supply tube one end of which emerges in the ...