ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,524, issued on June 16, was assigned to Ergosurgical Group Corp. (Santa Maria, Puerto Rico).

"Suturing device" was invented by Luis Jose Almodovar (Santa Maria, Puerto Rico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a device, comprising a handle, a rotatable shaft, a sleeve comprising a first curved, hollow, stainless steel (magnetized) tube and a second curved, hollow, stainless steel (magnetized) tube, wherein the first tube is positioned on a first side of the shaft and the second tube is positioned on a second side of the shaft, wherein the first tube comprises a sharp tip and the second tube comprises a sharp tip, with a recipr...