US Patent Issued to UROMEMS on Nov. 11 for "Accessory for implanting a medical device configured to plug an anatomical duct" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,740, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to UROMEMS (Grenoble, France).

"Accessory for implanting a medical device configured to plug an anatomical duct" was invented by Pierre Mozer (Vincennes, France), Aurelien Beaugerie (Issy les Moulineaux, France) and Riaz Mir (Fontaine, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an accessory for implanting a medical device in a human or animal body, said medical device comprising an occlusion collar (1) adapted to surround and to seal an anatomical duct of said human or animal body, a fluid reservoir (2) and a tube (3) connecting the reservoir to the occlusion collar, said acces...