US Patent Issued on Sept. 1 for "Handheld medical suturing device" (Louisiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,621, issued on Sept. 1.

"Handheld medical suturing device" was invented by Luis Bogran (Kenner, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides for a handheld medical suturing device having a handle body with a hinge operatively connected to a handle lever. At a distal end of the handle lever is an actuating arm operatively connected to a bent constrained rigid body, which is operatively connected to a pivoting radial arm. The pivoting radial arm is operatively connected to a curved suturing needle assembly which actuates suture through a tissue upon a user's pivoting of the handle lever relative to the handle body...