ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,636, issued on June 2, was assigned to FEMSELECT LTD (HaMa'ayan, Israel).

"Tissue repair device and method" was invented by Boaz Harari (Ganei-Tikva, Israel) and Guy Ohad (Ramat-Gan, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical device is provided. The surgical device includes a housing adapted for mounting on a finger of a user; and at least one guide tube attached along a length of the housing. The guide tube is configured for guiding a tissue repair implant from a proximal opening to a distal opening thereof."

The patent was filed on Aug. 2, 2024, under Application No. 18/793,173.

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