ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,004, issued on May 26, was assigned to MICRO-TECH (NANJING) Co. LTD. (Jiangsu, China).
"Lock-cut mechanism and medical suturing device" was invented by Kenneth F. Binmoeller (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.), Hongyan Jin (Jiangsu, China) and Xiaojun Ma (Jiangsu, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a lock-cut mechanism and a medical suturing device, which relates to the technical field of medical suturing. The lock-cut mechanism includes: a plug head, an inner tube, an outer tube, a support, and a traction member. The inner tube is detachably connected to the support. The plug head is inserted into the inner tu...