US Patent Issued to Brother Kogyo on March 17 for "Knot tying device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,824, issued on March 17, was assigned to Brother Kogyo K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Knot tying device" was invented by Naokatsu Osawa (Nagoya, Japan), Junji Yamano (Kariya, Japan), Ryuta Iijima (Nagoya, Japan) and Masashi Ichihashi (Mizuho, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A knot tying device includes a holding portion, a first loop forming portion, a positioning portion, and a first suture hook. The holding portion including a suture hooking portion at its distal end portion. The holding portion is configured to hold a suture that is engaged with the suture hooking portion. The first loop forming portion is configured to form a loop ...