IP Library Granted Patent US 1,081,998
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US 1,081,998 · App. 29/831,090 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Anastomosis formation device

Inventors: Michel Gagner (Montréal, CA); Todd A. Krinke (Buffalo, MN); Thierry Thaure (San Jose, CA)
Assignee: GT METABOLIC SOLUTIONS, INC.
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Patent No.
US 1,081,998
App. No.
29/831,090
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for an anastomosis formation device, as shown and described.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 17, 2022
From: GAGNER, MICHEL; KRINKE, TODD A.; THAURE, THIERRY
To: GT METABOLIC SOLUTIONS, INC.
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