ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,594, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Touchstone International Medical Science Co. Ltd. (Suzhou, China).
"Anastomosis protection device" was invented by Teng Shan (Suzhou, China), Wangdong Chen (Suzhou, China) and Yuanyang Cao (Suzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anastomosis protection device is provided, including: a protective sleeve located inside a tubular tissue and positioned correspondingly to the anastomotic stoma; at least one fixing assembly, wherein the fixing assembly comprises at least one first fixing member and at least one second fixing member, wherein the first fixing member is provided on an outer wall o...