US Patent Issued to KING SAUD UNIVERSITY on Sept. 9 for "Suturing assembly including a double-headed curved needle" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,912, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to KING SAUD UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"Suturing assembly including a double-headed curved needle" was invented by Rakan Ibrahim Nazer (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Ali Mufraih Albaratti (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suturing assembly includes a needle, a suture thread and a flexible member connecting the needle with the suture thread. The needle has a curved body with a sharp tip on either end. The needle includes a cavity that extends throughout the entire length of the needle body, between its two sharp tips. The needle also includes a slit extending along the en...