ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,872, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Davol Inc. (Warwick, R.I.).
"Devices and methods for surgical suturing" was invented by Daniel F. McCormick (Bolton, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surgical devices and related methods for use with sutures are generally described. In some embodiments, a surgical device may include an elongated body and a plurality of through holes configured to allow a suture to pass through the plate across opposing edges of a defect site. The plate may shield neighboring tissue from tension in the suture line by redistributing the tension along its body. In some embodiments, the disclosed surgical devic...