US Patent Issued to APPLIED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY on Oct. 27 for "Magnet-assisted suture grasper comprising a suture retrieval needle, a grasper magnet, and a spring" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,206, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to APPLIED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INC. (Brecksville, Ohio).

"Magnet-assisted suture grasper comprising a suture retrieval needle, a grasper magnet, and a spring" 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 body, a grasper member, a grasper magnet, and a spring. Translation of the retriever body within a needle lumen of ...