US Patent Issued to MWI Veterinary Supply on July 14 for "Medical/veterinary suture crimp tool" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,156, issued on July 14, was assigned to MWI Veterinary Supply Co. (Boise, Idaho).

"Medical/veterinary suture crimp tool" was invented by Graham Smith (Newburyport, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical/veterinary suture crimp tool includes a stationary jaw at a distal end of a fixed shank and having across its width and extending at least partially along its length spaced fixed crimp members including at least first, second, and third crimp members and a moveable jaw at a distal end of a linearly driven crossbar and having across its width and extending at least partially along its length, spaced crimp members including at l...