US Patent Issued to The Cleveland Clinic Foundation on Sept. 23 for "System, method, and apparatus for assisting with submucosal dissections" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,623, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland).

"System, method, and apparatus for assisting with submucosal dissections" was invented by Amit Bhatt (Shaker Hts., Ohio), Shengqiang Gao (Beachwood, Ohio), William Kolosi (Stow, Ohio) and John Vargo (University Hts., Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and apparatuses for assisting with submucosal dissections include a retraction strip body. The retraction strip body is formed at least partially from a deformable material. The retraction strip body is capable of being selectively moved between a first condition and a second condit...