ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,668, issued on June 17, was assigned to STANDARD BARIATRICS INC. (Cincinnati).
"Systems and methods for measuring volume of potential sleeve in a sleeve gastrectomy" was invented by Jonathan Thompson (Cincinnati) and Mark Steven Ortiz (Milford, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One or more medical devices may be provided that may be used, for example, in bariatric surgery including a vertical sleeve gastrectomy. Occlusion devices can be integrated with a catheter or tube to occlude one or more proximal or distal landmarks of a stomach and a stapling guide may be used to occlude a lateral boundary of the stomach to define a cavity. ...