US Patent Issued to Uromedica on May 13 for "Method and apparatus for fixation of implantable devices adjacent a body lumen" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,824, issued on May 13, was assigned to Uromedica Inc. (Plymouth, Minn.).

"Method and apparatus for fixation of implantable devices adjacent a body lumen" was invented by Timothy C. Cook (Wayzata, Minn.) and John H. Burton (Minnetonka, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to method and apparatus for reducing migration and rotation of implantable devices including an expandable element and an elongate portion."

The patent was filed on Aug. 6, 2019, under Application No. 16/532,811.

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