US Patent Issued to Gyrus ACMI on Aug. 11 for "Electric or manual geared suturing device" (Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,402, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Gyrus ACMI Inc. (Westborough, Mass.).

"Electric or manual geared suturing device" was invented by Joey Magno (Cordova, Tenn.), Nikhil M. Murdeshwar (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Jordan N. Milford (Bethlehem, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suturing system for a scope having a scope shaft comprises a drive shaft to extend along the scope shaft, a mounting ring to mount to a distal end of the scope shaft to receive the drive shaft, a pinion gear mounted to a distal end of the drive shaft, a ring gear rotatably mounted to the mounting ring in engagement with the pinion gear, and a needle mounted t...