US Patent Issued to Uromedica on Oct. 21 for "Method and apparatus for fixation of implantable device for urinary continence" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,000, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Uromedica Inc. (Plymouth, Minn.).

"Method and apparatus for fixation of implantable device for urinary continence" was invented by John H. Burton (Minnetonka, Minn.) and Timothy C. Cook (Wayzata, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable device includes a conduit, an adjustable membrane element coupled to the conduit near the front end of the conduit for controllable coaptation of a body lumen, such as coaptation of a urethra as treatment for urinary incontinence, and a fixation mechanism at or near the front end of the conduit. In various embodiments, the fixation mechanism can ancho...