ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,015, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Cypris Medical Inc. (Chicago).
"Suturing apparatus needle drive" was invented by Daniel B. Holton (Evanston, Ill.), Daniel E. Roush (Niles, Ill.) and Scott R. Ariagno (Inverness, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suturing system including apparatus and methods for disposing a suture in a substrate comprising a needle configured to engage and carry a suture ferrule through the substrate to dispose the suture in the substrate between a substrate first location and a substrate second location. In particular embodiments, the suturing apparatus can include a structure to dampen excess forcible u...