ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,002, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to NOVELRAD LTD. (Kibbutz Metzer, Israel).
"Surgical knot pusher" was invented by Shachar Rotem (Kibbutz Metzer, Israel), Ori Goldor (Amikam, Israel), Netanel Sharabani (Rishpon, Israel) and Tomer Katz (Kfar Glikson, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A knot pusher (10) includes a tubular suture holder (12) having a tubular wall with a suture-receiving slot (20), within which a mandrel (22) is axially displaceable. The suture-receiving slot (20) preferably includes a narrow distal slot portion, a first transition region starting at a first distance from the distal tip at which a first edge (2...