US Patent Issued to Northwestern University on Feb. 24 for "Indirect attachment of a needle to a mesh suture" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,089, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.).

"Indirect attachment of a needle to a mesh suture" was invented by Gregory A. Dumanian (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device includes a surgical needle, an elongated suture, and an intervening segment. The elongated suture has a first end proximate to the needle and a second end located away from the needle. The elongated suture also includes a plurality of fibers defining a mesh wall between the first and second ends. A plurality of pores extend through the mesh wall, at least some which are in the macroporous size range of greater t...