ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,862, issued on July 28, was assigned to 3R LIFE SCIENCES Corp. (Campbell, Calif.).

"Surgical suture holder" was invented by Steven Shi Lap Tsui (Campbell, Calif.) and Pong-Jeu Lu (Campbell, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical suture holder is adapted to be disposed on an opening of a tubular snaring object, is adapted for holding at least one surgical suture, extends along a holder axis, and includes an insertion section and a holding section. The insertion section is adapted to be inserted into the opening of the tubular snaring object and being tapered toward the tubular snaring object. The holding section has a holdin...