U.S. Patent 8070743 was awarded to ValenTx, Inc. on 2011-12-06 and describes a “Devices and methods for attaching an endolumenal gastrointestinal implant.” This patent has been cited 244 times by other U.S. patents which places it in the top 500 cited patents since 2010 according to our law firm research, and makes it of the most innovative medical technology patents in the field of instruments. The abstract states:

The present invention provides devices and methods for attachment of an endoluminal gastrointestinal device, such as an artificial stoma device, a gastrointestinal bypass sleeve device or an attachment cuff, within a patient’s digestive tract for treatment of obesity. Link: U.S. Patent 8070743

This patent was originally filed on 2005-05-05 which gives it a processing time of 2406 days, compared to an average processing time of 1881 in the field. ValenTx, Inc. has 38 total patents. The first named inventor is Jonathan C. Kagan of Hopkins, MI. The assistant examiner was Phillip Gray.

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