ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,906, issued on March 31, was assigned to DURASTAT LLC (Austin, Texas).
"Suturing device" was invented by Adam Azzara (Austin, Texas), Kevin T. Foley (Memphis, Tenn.) and Michael J. Milella Jr. (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suturing device includes a first member, a distal carriage connected with the first member, a proximal carriage connected with the first member, a receiver connectable to at least one of the distal carriage and the proximal carriage, and an elastic coupling that couples the distal carriage and the proximal carriage. The first member is elongate and includes a footplate. The footplate includes a slot ...