US Patent Issued to Gunze on July 21 for "Tissue reinforcement material loader and tissue reinforcement material loading kit" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,534, issued on July 21, was assigned to Gunze Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Tissue reinforcement material loader and tissue reinforcement material loading kit" was invented by Keisuke Kamikyu (Kyoto, Japan) and Masayuki Funaoka (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention aims to provide a tissue reinforcement material applicator that enables quick, precise, and easy application of a stick-on tissue reinforcement material to a surgical stapler with less application failure, and a tissue reinforcement material application kit including the tissue reinforcement material applicator. Provided is tissue reinforcement materia...