US Patent Issued to Vertex Pharmaceuticals on Aug. 5 for "Implantation devices, system, and methods" (Rhode Island, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,252, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Boston).

"Implantation devices, system, and methods" was invented by Christopher Thanos (Cumberland, R.I.), Moses Goddard (Boston), Moses Sandrof (Boston), John Mills (Warwick, R.I.) and Megan Billings (Warwick, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are devices, systems, and methods for subcutaneous membrane, encapsulation chamber, or reservoir implantation comprising or employing an implantation device configured to insert a membrane, encapsulation chamber, or reservoir into a subject."

The patent was filed on March 12, 2019, under Application No. 16/9...