ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,396, issued on March 24, was assigned to Merit Medical Systems Inc. (South Jordan, Utah).
"Methods and devices for manipulating and fastening tissue" was invented by Richard Romley (San Mateo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tissue displacing and fastening device is provided for manipulating and fastening tissue together. The device includes a tissue displacing elements, which displaces tissue. A fold is formed from the displaced tissue and the tissue is fastened together to secure the fold."
The patent was filed on Aug. 15, 2022, under Application No. 17/888,100.
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