ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,212, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Ceterix Orthopaedics Inc. (Freemont, Calif.).
"Suture passer devices and methods" was invented by Michael Murillo (Menlo Park, Calif.), Christopher P. Bender (Oakland, Calif.), Mark Y. Hirotsuka (San Jose, Calif.), Michael J. Hendricksen (Redwood City, Calif.), Justin D. Saliman (Beverly Hills, Calif.) and John G. McCutcheon (Menlo Park, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems and methods for passing a suture. In general, described herein are suturing devices, such as suture passers, as well as methods of suturing tissue. These suture passing devices may include dual deployment s...