US Patent Issued to Gyrus ACMI on March 17 for "Electric suturing devices for endoscopy and laparoscopy" (Minnesota, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,823, issued on March 17, was assigned to Gyrus ACMI Inc. (Westborough, Mass.).

"Electric suturing devices for endoscopy and laparoscopy" was invented by Nikhil M. Murdeshwar (Maple Grove, Minn.), Thomas J. Holman (Princeton, Minn.) and Jordan N. Milford (Bethlehem, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromagnetic suturing device comprises a body, a coil in the body and a suturing element actuatable by a magnetic suturing track extending into the first end face, a second arm having a second end face opposing the first end face, a second suturing track extending into the second end face, a coil in the first arm, and a suturing el...