US Patent Issued to NICE Surgical Solutions on June 16 for "Devices and methods for minimally invasive surgical procedures" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,527, issued on June 16, was assigned to NICE Surgical Solutions Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Devices and methods for minimally invasive surgical procedures" was invented by Eric Haas (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suture clip applier for applying a suture around a tubular tissue adjacent to an open lumen. The suture clip applier includes an elongated body having a tissue clinching mechanism at one end of the body. The tissue clinching mechanism comprises two arms that are movable between open and clinched positions. The suture clip applier includes a plurality of deformable suture clips mounted along a longitudinal length of th...