ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,353, issued on June 30, was assigned to Ladera Medical LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).
"Tissue closure systems" was invented by Scott J. Baron (Menlo Park, Calif.), Brian Domecus (San Carlos, Calif.), Jonathan M. Olson (San Jose, Calif.), David Trask (Redwood City, Calif.), Brian A. Ellingwood (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Dan J. Hammersmark (San Mateo, Calif.), Douglas S. Sutton (Pacifica, Calif.), Ben F. Brian III (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Michael Barrett (Campbell, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Tissue closure systems are disclosed wherein one variation generally includes a handle, a proximal catheter segment extending from the handle, a d...