US Patent Issued to Brother Kogyo on July 28 for "Suturing device and suturing method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,859, issued on July 28, was assigned to Brother Kogyo K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Suturing device and suturing method" was invented by Naokatsu Osawa (Nagoya, Japan), Ryuta Iijima (Nagoya, Japan), Masashi Ichihashi (Mizuho, Japan), Junji Yamano (Kariya, Japan) and Shigeki Yoshida (Toyoake, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suturing device includes a plurality of suture needles, a first-thread holding mechanism, a needle moving mechanism, and a thread turning structure. The thread turning structure is configured to locally turn a portion of a first thread hooked on a distal end portion of each of a plurality of suture needles in the f...