ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,315, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to DFC MEDICAL LLC (Houston).
"Tissue marking device and methods of use thereof" was invented by James Robert Henderson (Houston), Christen Springs (Houston), Michael Augustine (Houston), Jennifer Anderson (Houston), Brian Walsh (Houston), Elaina Becher (Houston) and Byron Smith (Nashville, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are tissue marking devices and methods that enables marking a target tissue more than 24 hours prior to surgery. The tissue marking device includes a hook assembly having a compressed configuration and a deployed configuration and a handle assembly for posit...