US Patent Issued to APPLIED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY on Nov. 3 for "Magnet-assisted suture grasper comprising a suture retrieval needle, a grasper ferrule, a grasper magnet, and a magnet wire" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,576, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to APPLIED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INC. (Brecksville, Ohio).

"Magnet-assisted suture grasper comprising a suture retrieval needle, a grasper ferrule, a grasper magnet, and a magnet wire" was invented by Grant Wesley Phillips (Richfield, Ohio), Steven Alfred Soeder (North Royalton, Ohio) and George J. Picha (Brecksville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnet-assisted suture grasper for grasping a magnetic suture is provided. The magnet-assisted suture grasper includes a suture retrieval needle, a retriever tube, a grasper ferrule, a grasper member, a grasper magnet, and a magnet wire. Translation o...