US Patent Issued to Origami Surgical on July 14 for "Housing for storing sutures therein, and methods of use therefor" (Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,157, issued on July 14, was assigned to Origami Surgical Inc. (Madison, N.J.).

"Housing for storing sutures therein, and methods of use therefor" was invented by John Gillespie Jr. (Dover, Mass.), Joshua Hubbard (New Milford, Conn.) and Patrick J. Culligan Jr. (Madison, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments for a surgical element carrier are described. The surgical element carrier includes a housing dimensioned for insertion through a surgical port during a surgery, where the housing has a first housing portion and a second housing portion movable relative to the first housing portion between a closed position and a...