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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2021
Cilag Gmbh International, Zug, CH;
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Kevin M. Fiebig, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;
Abstract
An apparatus includes at least one link and a plurality of beads. The plurality of beads is joined using the at least one link. The housing includes a magnet chamber. The magnet is configured to emit a magnetic field to magnetically bias the loop toward the contracted configuration. The magnet is sized and configured to move within the magnet chamber. A consistent angular orientation of adjacent housings is determined by at least one of the following adjustment parameters: a magnitude of the magnetic fields of adjacent magnets disposed in the adjacent housings by altering a distance between the adjacent housings, a directionality of the adjacent magnets within adjacent magnet chambers by allowing for twist of the magnet within the magnet chamber, or a freedom of the adjacent magnets to move within the adjacent magnet chambers by allowing the magnets to move laterally within the respective magnet chambers.